CVE-2012-3986
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
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 do not properly restrict calls to DOMWindowUtils (aka nsDOMWindowUtils) methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.51%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 84
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (13)
Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxDebian — Debian LinuxMozilla — FirefoxMozilla — SeamonkeyMozilla — ThunderbirdMozilla — Thunderbird ESRRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux WorkstationSuse — Linux Enterprise DesktopSuse — Linux Enterprise SDKSuse — Linux Enterprise Server
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-77.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55922
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775868
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16834
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
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- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-77.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55922
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775868
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16834
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