CVE-2012-0444
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize nsChildView data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Ogg Vorbis file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.2-1.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.2-1.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.2-1.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.2-1.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.2-1.2 |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"3.6.26"} | 3.6.26 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.7"} | 2.7 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"3.1.18"} | 3.1.18 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48095
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-07.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51753
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1370-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719612
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72858
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14464
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0444
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.