Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3995 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56136
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2012-3995
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 09 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 08:28PM
Credit:	Abhishek Arya
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP4 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE openSUSE 12.1 SuSE openSUSE 11.4 RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.20 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 6 Mozilla Thunderbird 6 Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.19 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.18 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.18 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.2 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.1 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1b2 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha3 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha2 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha1 Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 8.0 Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 7.0 Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 6.0 Mozilla Firefox 6 Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 5.0 Mozilla Firefox 13.0 Mozilla Firefox 12.0 Mozilla Firefox 11.0 Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Mozilla Firefox 10 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 Gentoo Linux CentOS CentOS 5
Not Vulnerable:

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3995 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird are prone to a remote-code-execution vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the vulnerable application; failed exploit attempts will likely crash the application.

Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 55856 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2012-74 through -87 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record to better document it.

This issues are fixed in:

Firefox 16
Firefox ESR 10.0.8
Thunderbird 16
Thunderbird ESR 10.0.8
SeaMonkey 2.13

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3995 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3995 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco NX-OS Download Page (Cisco)
  
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox (Oracle)
  
• SeaMonkey Homepage (Mozilla)
  
• ASA-2012-481: firefox security and bug fix update (RHSA-2012-1350) (Avaya)
  
• Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Command Authorization Vulnerability (Cisco)
  
• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2012-85 (Mozilla)