CVE-2012-3989
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3989 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-10-10 17:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during use of the instanceof operator on a JavaScript object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted web site. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFSA 2012-80: Crash with invalid cast when using instanceof operator | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| USN-1611-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| 783867 – (CVE-2012-3989) ASSERTION: This only works on nsISupports classes! and segfault | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50935 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| osvdb.org/86097 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | Broken Link |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1351-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50892 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| 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)