HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:15.0) (MFSA 2012-57)
Published Aug 29, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.81%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to garbage collection after certain MethodJIT execution, and unknown other vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 14.0
- 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
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.5.15
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
- 3.6.23
- 3.6.24
- 3.6.25
- 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
- 5.0.1
- 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
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 13.0
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 14.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.0.13
- 1.5.0.14
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.3
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.21
- 2.0.0.22
- 2.0.0.23
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5
- 3.1.6
- 3.1.7
- 3.1.8
- 3.1.9
- 3.1.10
- 3.1.11
- 3.1.12
- 3.1.13
- 3.1.14
- 3.1.15
- 3.1.16
- 3.1.17
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 13.0
Configuration 3
OR
- ≤ 2.11
- 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
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.81% 0.03813
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03813
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 | 3.81% (0.03813) | 89.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.81% (0.03813) | 88.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02146) | 82.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.11% (0.07109) | 85.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.90% (0.01898) | 82.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 7.09% (0.07087) | 94.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 5.80% (0.05801) | 93.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 4.77% (0.04769) | 91.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 4.25% (0.04255) | 90.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.57% (0.03566) | 90.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (26)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-57.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1971 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719750 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730208 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732870 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748119 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749039 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752038 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752087 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753162 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754150 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754242 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755916 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765936 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773097 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779849 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780712 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851908 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1971
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16841 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1971
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 29, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1971
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a