CVE-2012-3957

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3957
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-29 10:56:40 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the nsBlockFrame::MarkLineDirty 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 via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1548-2: Firefox regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1167-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2012-58: Use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1065-1: critical: MozillaFirefox: U af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-1548-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
774548 – (CVE-2012-3957) Heap-buffer-overflow in nsBlockFrame::MarkLineDirty af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xerox.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1157-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3957 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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