Improper initialization in Mozilla products - CVE-2012-0444

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12273

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0444

CWE-ID: CWE-665

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper initialization of nsChildView data structures. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted Ogg Vorbis file, trigger memory corruption, cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

SeaMonkey
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
SUSE Linux

Update Mozilla Firefox to 3.6.26, Thunderbird to 3.1.18 and SeaMonkey to 2.7.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-07/

• Debian update for libvorbis
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libvorbis
• SUSE Linux update for libvorbis
• openSUSE update for libvorbis
• Red Hat update for libvorbis