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CVE-2012-5835

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5835 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the WebGL subsystem affecting Mozilla Firefox (before 17.0), Firefox ESR (10.x before 10.0.11), Thunderbird (before 17.0), Thunderbird ESR (10.x before 10.0.11), and SeaMonkey (before 2.14). This critical vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0853 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5835Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106)

Nov 20, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 87601
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51359
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51360
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51369
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51370
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51381
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51434
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51439
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51440
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80185
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16603
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56643
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1636-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-3
Third Party Advisory