The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the presence of the HTTPMonitor extension and connecting to that service through the HTTPMonitor port.
CVE-2012-3973 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
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.
2012-08-29T10:56:41.037
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.6 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
4.9
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | mozilla | firefox | ≤ 14.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.11 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.12 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.5.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 1.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.11 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.12 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.13 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.14 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.15 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.16 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.17 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.18 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.19 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 2.0.0.20 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.11 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.12 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.13 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.14 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.15 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.16 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.0.17 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.9 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.10 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.11 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.12 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.13 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.14 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.5.15 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.8 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.9 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.10 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.11 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.12 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.13 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.14 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.15 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.16 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.17 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.18 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.19 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.20 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.21 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.22 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.23 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.24 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 3.6.25 | 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 | 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 | 11.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 12.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 12.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 13.0 | Yes |
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.