CVE-2012-5838 (GCVE-0-2012-5838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-21 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The copyTexImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via large image dimensions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
20 references
Date Public
2012-11-20 00:00
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"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106)",
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"product_status:known_affected": "3",
"product_status:recommended": "187",
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}
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