CVE-2012-0473

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-04-24
Bugzilla:
815023: CVE-2012-0473 Mozilla: WebGL.drawElements may read illegal video memory due to FindMaxUshortElement error (MFSA 2012-26)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The WebGLBuffer::FindMaxUshortElement function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 calls the FindMaxElementInSubArray function with incorrect template arguments, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from video memory via a crafted WebGL.drawElements call.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0473 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2012:0516 2012-04-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2012:0515 2012-04-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2012:0515 2012-04-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2012:0516 2012-04-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2012:0516 2012-04-24

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Matias Juntunen as the original reporter.

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