CVE-2012-3988
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3988 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-10-10 17:55:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-08-12 18:11:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-416
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 11.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 11.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 11.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 11.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 6.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 6.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Sdk | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Sdk | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86109 | OSVDB | osvdb.org | Broken Link |
| USN-1611-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50936 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | XF | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| MFSA 2012-79: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation | CONFIRM | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| 725770 – (CVE-2012-3988) Firefox crashes by mozRequestFullScreen and history.back function | CONFIRM | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50935 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:163 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50892 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1351-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 690312 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mozilla (6e5a9afd-12d3-11e2-b47d-c8600054b392)