HIGH
Mozilla: Crash when combining SVG text on path with CSS (MFSA 2012-94)
Published Nov 21, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.45%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the setting of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties in conjunction with SVG text.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
OR
- 11.4
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 10
- 11
Configuration 3
OR
- 10.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 12.10
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
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird 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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.45% 0.04453
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04453
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.45% (0.04453) | 91.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.45% (0.04453) | 90.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01347) | 78.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.33% (0.04328) | 81.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.76% (0.01762) | 81.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.44% (0.03439) | 91.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 5.22% (0.05223) | 93.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 3.72% (0.03717) | 91.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.06% (0.03061) | 89.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (25)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/87593 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-94.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56616 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5836 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792857 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877617 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80172 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5836
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16336 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5836
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/87593 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-94.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56616 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5836 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792857 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877617 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5836 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16336 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5836 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 21, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 5, 2012
Link CVE-2012-5836
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a