CVE-2012-3988

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-10-09

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.

See more information about CVE-2012-3988 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10

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