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CVE-2012-0464

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x...

7.5 High

CVE-2012-0464 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published March 14, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.95%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
3.95%EPSS, 90th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

Exploit likelihood

3.95%Down 8.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
0:10.0.3-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
0:10.0.3-1.el6_2
MozillaFirefox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 899 CVEs
before 50.1.0-1.1
50.1.0-1.1
MozillaThunderbird
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 560 CVEs
before 45.5.1-1.1
45.5.1-1.1

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

Record
CVE-2012-0464
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

Record
CVE-2012-0464
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0496No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

Record
EUVD-2012-0496
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v8w8-gx62-crxqNo score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x...

Use-after-free vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

Record
GHSA-v8w8-gx62-crxq
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1No score

MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1No score

seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1No score

MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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