Is CVE-2012-0472 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-0472 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-0472?

CVE-2012-0472 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-0472

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 4.1% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-0504)
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-2012-0504 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48972(Not Applicable, Permissions Required)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055(Not Applicable, Permissions Required)
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/mfsa2012-25.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53218(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744480(Issue Tracking)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17067

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

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