{"id":"CVE-2012-0470","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0470","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T08:21:37.967Z","title":"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…","description":"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.\"","published":"2012-04-25T10:10:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:37:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox","mozilla/thunderbird","mozilla/thunderbird esr","mozilla/seamonkey"],"epss":{"score":0.10175,"percentile":0.95677,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48920","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48922","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48972","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49047","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49055","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-23.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53225","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734288","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16989","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48920","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48922","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48972","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49047","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49055","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-23.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53225","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734288","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16989","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0470","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}