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CVE-2012-0454

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.37%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-03-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Windows, Firefox. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-0454
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.37%
Windows Firefox

Original NVD Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 on 32-bit Windows 7 platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of the file-open dialog in a child window, related to the IUnknown_QueryService function in the Windows shlwapi.dll library.