VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-4190

critical
Published 2012-10-12 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The FT2FontEntry::CreateFontEntry function in FreeType, as used in the Android build of Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1 on CyanogenMod 10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"16.0"}
mozilla mozillafirefox0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox0.6.1
mozilla mozillafirefox0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox0.7.1
mozilla mozillafirefox0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox0.9.1
mozilla mozillafirefox0.9.2
mozilla mozillafirefox0.9.3
mozilla mozillafirefox0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox0.10.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.4.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.18
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.19
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.21
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.22
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.23
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.24
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.25
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox11.0
mozilla mozillafirefox12.0
mozilla mozillafirefox13.0
mozilla mozillafirefox13.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox14.0
mozilla mozillafirefox14.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox15.0
mozilla mozillafirefox15.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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