CVE-2012-3986
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…
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Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775868 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50904 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50935 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-77.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 50892 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-2572 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 50936 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 55922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-1611-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-2569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-3986)Record last updated .