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CVE-2012-0473

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0473 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. The flaw stems from incorrect template arguments in the WebGLBuffer::FindMaxUshortElement function, allowing remote attackers to extract sensitive data from video memory via a specially crafted WebGL.drawElements call. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts confidentiality (C:P) without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0473Moderate

Mozilla: WebGL.drawElements may read illegal video memory due to FindMaxUshortElement error (MFSA 2012-26)

Apr 24, 2012

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48972
secunia.com / advisories/49047
secunia.com / advisories/49055
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16113
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-26.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53231