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CVE-2012-0441


The ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.13.4, as used in Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a zero-length item, as demonstrated by (1) a zero-length basic constraint or (2) a zero-length field in an OCSP response.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-0441 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from mozilla and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2012-06-05T23:55:01.403

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 4.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 5.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 6.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 6.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 6.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 7.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 7.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 8.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 8.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 9.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 9.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 10.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 10.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 10.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 10.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 10.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 11.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 12.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 12.0 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services ≤ 3.12.3 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.2 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.2.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.3 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.3.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.3.2 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.4 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.4.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.4.2 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.5 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.6 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.6.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7.3 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7.5 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.7.7 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.8 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.9 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.11.2 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.11.3 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.11.4 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.11.5 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.12 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.12.1 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services 3.12.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey ≤ 2.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.10 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.11 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.12 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.13 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.14 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.15 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.16 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.17 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.18 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.19 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.3.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.4.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.6.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 5.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 6.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 6.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 6.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 7.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 7.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 8.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 9.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 9.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 10.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 10.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 10.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 10.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 10.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 11.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 12.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.4 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.