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CVE-2012-1960

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1960 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the QCMS implementation within Mozilla Firefox (versions 4.x-13.0), Thunderbird (5.0-13.0), and SeaMonkey (before 2.11). This flaw allows remote attackers to potentially extract sensitive information from process memory by providing a specially crafted color profile. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,684 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

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1960Low

Mozilla: Out of bounds read in QCMS (MFSA 2012-50)

Jul 17, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
osvdb.org / 84010
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/49965
secunia.com / advisories/49968
secunia.com / advisories/49972
secunia.com / advisories/49993
secunia.com / advisories/49994
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16735
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-50.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/54572
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1509-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1509-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1510-1
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf