Unscored severity · published Oct 10, 2012
CVE-2012-3988
Use-after-free vulnerability 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…
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CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability 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 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 10.0.8; before 16.0 · 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 Workstation · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Sdk · Suse
10 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10; 11; 11 · source: NVD
SE
Seamonkey · Mozilla
before 2.13 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 16.0 · source: NVD
TE
Thunderbird Esr · Mozilla
before 10.0.8 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
10.04; 11.04; 11.10; 12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3988
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3988
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/86109
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
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