CVE-2012-3989

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Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly perform a cast of an uns

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.00854

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefox< 16.0
mozilla seamonkey< 2.13
mozilla thunderbird< 16.0
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD10 Oct 2012 · 05:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1611-1
Show all 7 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1600-1
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2012-80

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/86097Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Broken Link

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-80.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783867Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16814Third Party Advisory

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