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critical 9.3

CVE-2012-3991 json

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 bef…

published 2012-10-10 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3935

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 JSAPI access to the GetProperty function, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 10.0.8, 16.0
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.8
  • mozilla thunderbird 16.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.13
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 10.0.8-1.el5_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.8-1.el6_3
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.8-1.el5_8
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.8-1.el6_3
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.8-1.el5_8
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.8-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1351RHSA-2012:1350

  • 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-2012-3991 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: GetProperty function can bypass security checks (MFSA 2012-81)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.8-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 10.0.8-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el5_8, thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.8-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.8-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.8-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.8-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el6_3 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 10.0.8-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1350
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1351

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Exploit prediction

3.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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