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CVE-2012-0478

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The texImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem 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 does not properly restrict JSVAL_TO_OBJECT casts, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 4.0, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta10, 4.0-beta11, 4.0-beta12, 4.0-beta2 (+24)
• Mozilla Seamonkey: through 2.9; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+106)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: 5.0, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1 (+9)
• Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-30.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53227
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727547
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75155
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16893
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49047

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