CVE-2012-1951 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions. This flaw, specifically within the nsSMILTimeValueSpec::IsEventBased function, allows remote attackers to trigger heap memory corruption, leading to denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.