Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLCSSUtils::CreateCSSPropertyTxn function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4179 is rated High Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.73%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 6.07% | 4.73% | -1.34% |
| 2 | 2025-09-26 | 5.47% | 6.07% | +0.60% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 5.47% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2012-4179: 1 GLSA(s) (201301-01), 14 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, …); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-4179 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4179 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2012-4179 severity moderate: SUSE including 67 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-10.0.9-0.3.1, …), 118 product×package rows across 43 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 87, Known Not Affected 31. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4179/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-4179 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2), 36 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 17, DNE 9, ignored 9, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4179 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | < 10.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | < 10.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | < 16.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 16.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | seamonkey | < 2.13 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_sdk | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:* |