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CVE-2012-3972 json

The format-number functionality in the XSLT implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird befo…

published 2012-08-29 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3916

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The format-number functionality in the XSLT implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer over-read.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 10.0.7, 15.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.12
  • mozilla thunderbird 15.0
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.7
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 10.0.7-1.el5_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.7-1.el6_3
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.7-1.el5_8
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.7-1.el6_3
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.7-2.el5_8
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.7-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1211RHSA-2012:1210

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3972 updated cvss 5.8

Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in format-number in XSLT (MFSA 2012-65)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.7-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.7-2.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 10.0.7-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.7-2.el5_8, thunderbird 10.0.7-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.7-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.7-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.7-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.7-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.7-1.el6_3 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 10.0.7-2.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1210
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.7-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1211

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Exploit prediction

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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