CVE-2012-3967

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3967
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-29 10:56:40 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe WebGL implementation 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 on Linux, when a large number of sampler uniforms are used, does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:M/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
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3967 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1167-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party 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
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
777028 – (CVE-2012-3967) stack scribbling with 4-byte values choosable among a few values, when using more than 16 sampler uniforms, on Mesa, with all drivers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
MFSA 2012-62: WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor 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
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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