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CVE-2012-0447

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize data f

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize data for image/vnd.microsoft.icon images, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading a PNG image that was created through conversion from an ICO image.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.006
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

4
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.7
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD01 Feb 2012 · 04:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1369-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-06.htmlVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710079
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72856
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