CVE-2012-0470
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSVGFEDiffuseLightingElement::LightPixel function 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid gfxImageSurface free operation) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging the use of "different number systems."
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
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0502)
- Published
- April 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0502 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-23.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53225
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734288
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16989
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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