Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-1947

Heap-based buffer overflow in the utf16_to_isolatin1 function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a character-set conversion failure.
Published 2012-06-05 23:55:02
Updated 2018-01-05 02:29:30
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2012-1947

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1947

EPSS FAQ
13.66%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 95 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-1947

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.3
 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2012-1947

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2012-1947

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