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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 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.

Published

2012-10-10T17:55:01.800

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 10.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	< 10.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 16.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 16.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	< 2.13	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	6.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_sdk	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/86109 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-79.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725770 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79149 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16334 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/86109 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-79.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725770 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79149 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16334 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)