CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3989
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 16.0)
• mozilla seamonkey (< 2.13)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 16.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• suse linux enterprise desktop 10
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• suse linux enterprise server 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/86097 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Broken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-80.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783867 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16814 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/86097 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Broken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-80.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783867 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16814 Third Party Advisory