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Vulnerability details: VCID-vvn3-2xv4-jycs
Vulnerability ID VCID-vvn3-2xv4-jycs
Aliases CVE-2012-4204
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code or local privilege escalation.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 4.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4204
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-96
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
http://osvdb.org/87592
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-4204.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4204
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778603
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16766
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-96.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
877624 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877624
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4204 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4204
CVE-2012-4204 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4204
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2012-96 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-96
USN-1636-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1636-1/
USN-1638-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1638-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4204
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84516
EPSS Score 0.02253
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:09:49.458523+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01 38.0.0