Unscored severity · published Aug 29, 2012
CVE-2012-3960
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozSpellChecker::SetCurrentDictionary function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0,…
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CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozSpellChecker::SetCurrentDictionary function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 15.0; 10.0 before 10.0.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10; 11; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
11 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
12.2 · source: NVD
SE
Seamonkey · Mozilla
before 2.12 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3960
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3960
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html
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