firefox: use-after-free in nsXBLDocumentInfo::ReadPrototypeBindings (MFSA 2012-10)
Published Feb 11, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.04%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 10.x before 10.0.1, Thunderbird 10.x before 10.0.1, and SeaMonkey 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger failure of an nsXBLDocumentInfo::ReadPrototypeBindings function call, related to the cycle collector's access to a hash table containing a stale XBL binding.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03040) | 87.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.11% (0.03114) | 86.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 83.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 16.23% (0.16225) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 16.23% (0.16225) | 96.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 12.97% (0.12974) | 95.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 9.73% (0.09727) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.55% (0.08547) | 93.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48110 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-10.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1360-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0452 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724284 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789506 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0452
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15017 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0452
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