Mozilla: Potential memory corruption during font rendering using cairo-dwrite (MFSA 2012-25)
Published Apr 25, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.10%
Description
The cairo-dwrite implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9, when certain Windows Vista and Windows 7 configurations are used, does not properly restrict font-rendering attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 11.0
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 11.0
Configuration 4
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
Configuration 5
- ≤ 2.9
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0516
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0516
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0516 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0516 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.10% (0.04104) | 90.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.13% (0.04132) | 89.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01525) | 79.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.83% (0.07826) | 86.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01525) | 80.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.37% (0.04365) | 92.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 8.36% (0.08364) | 94.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 6.43% (0.06432) | 93.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 5.43% (0.05431) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.20% (0.03204) | 89.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 89.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 88.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48972 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicablePermissions Required
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicablePermissions Required
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53218 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0472 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744480 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815022 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0472
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17067 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0472
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.