Is CVE-2012-0444 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-0444 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-0444?

CVE-2012-0444 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-0444

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize nsChildView data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Ogg Vorbis file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 7.8% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-0476)
Published: February 1, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0476 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
mozilla / thunderbird
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48043(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48095(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-07.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51753(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1370-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719612(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72858(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14464(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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