Description
The texImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via function calls involving certain values of the level parameter.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | firefox +3 | 10.0.11-1.el6_3 | RHSA-2012:1483, RHSA-2012:1482 |
| RHEL 5 | firefox +3 | 10.0.11-1.el5_8 | RHSA-2012:1483, RHSA-2012:1482 |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 | thunderbird | 10.0.11-1.el5_8 | RHSA-2012:1483 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 45.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2012:1483 Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- RHSA-2012:1482 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- USN-1638-3 vendor-advisory
- 51370 third-party-advisory
- USN-1638-2 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1586 vendor-advisory
- USN-1636-1 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0175 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2012:1483 vendor-advisory
- 87581 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2012:1482 vendor-advisory
- 51434 third-party-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1583 vendor-advisory
- 51439 third-party-advisory
- 51440 third-party-advisory
- USN-1638-1 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:1592 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html
- 51359 third-party-advisory
- 56642 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2012:173 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1585 vendor-advisory
- firefox-teximage2d-calls-code-exec(80184) vdb-entry
- 51381 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16748 vdb-entry signature
- 51369 third-party-advisory
- 51360 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785734