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CVE-2012-3988

N/A
Published: October 10, 2012 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
12 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.0411.0411.1012.04
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 10.0.8v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 10.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Seamonkey· Mozilla
95%
v < 2.13
Affected range stops below 2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird ESR· Mozilla
95%
v < 10.0.8
Affected range stops below 10.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux Desktop· Red Hatrubygems
95%
5.06.0
Enterprise Linux Eus· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.3
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
5.06.0
Enterprise Linux Workstation· Red Hatrubygems
95%
5.06.0
Linux Enterprise Desktop· SUSE
95%
10 sp411 sp3

References (16)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/86109
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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