CVE-2012-0444 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0444?

CVE-2012-0444 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize nsChildView data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Ogg Vorbis file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0444?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opensuse Opensuse and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0444?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-0444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0444, DSA-2412-1, GHSA-372v-6w9g-jmh5, RHSA-2012:0136.