Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize data for image/vnd.microsoft.icon images, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading a PNG image that was created through conversion from an ICO image.
Published: 2012-02-01
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0479 Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize data for image/vnd.microsoft.icon images, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading a PNG image that was created through conversion from an ICO image.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1355-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1369-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:23:31.002Z

Reserved: 2012-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0447

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-01T16:55:01.210

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0447

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