CVE-2012-3988

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 12 years ago

2012-10-10 17:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.3

10.0.3

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.4

10.0.4

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.5

10.0.5

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.6

10.0.6

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.7

10.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.3

10.0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.4

10.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.5

10.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.6

10.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.7

10.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

1.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4

1.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8

1.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1

1.4.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1

1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2

1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3

1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4

1.5.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5

1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

1.5.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7

1.5.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8

1.5.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9

1.5.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10

1.5.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11

1.5.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12

1.5.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1

1.5.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2

1.5.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3

1.5.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4

1.5.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5

1.5.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6

1.5.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7

1.5.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8

1.5.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.8

1.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1

2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2

2.0.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3

2.0.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7

2.0.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8

2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

2.0.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11

2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13

2.0.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15

2.0.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20

2.0.0.20

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

3.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1

3.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2

3.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3

3.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4

3.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5

3.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6

3.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7

3.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8

3.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

3.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10

3.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11

3.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12

3.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13

3.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14

3.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15

3.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16

3.0.16

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17

3.0.17

Mozilla Firefox 3.5

3.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1

3.5.1

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2

3.5.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3

3.5.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4

3.5.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5

3.5.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6

3.5.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7

3.5.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8

3.5.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9

3.5.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10

3.5.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11

3.5.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12

3.5.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13

3.5.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14

3.5.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15

3.5.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.6

3.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2

3.6.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3

3.6.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4

3.6.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6

3.6.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7

3.6.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8

3.6.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9

3.6.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10

3.6.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11

3.6.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12

3.6.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13

3.6.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14

3.6.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15

3.6.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16

3.6.16

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17

3.6.17

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18

3.6.18

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19

3.6.19

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20

3.6.20

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21

3.6.21

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22

3.6.22

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23

3.6.23

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24

3.6.24

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25

3.6.25

Mozilla Firefox 4.0

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta1

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta10

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta11

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta12

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta2

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta3

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta4

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta5

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta6

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta7

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta8

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta9

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1

4.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 5.0

5.0

Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1

5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 6.0

6.0

Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1

6.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2

6.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 7.0

7.0

Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1

7.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 8.0

8.0

Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1

8.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 9.0

9.0

Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1

9.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 11.0

11.0

Mozilla Firefox 12.0

12.0

Mozilla Firefox 12.0 beta6

12.0

Mozilla Firefox 13.0

13.0

Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1

13.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 14.0

14.0

Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1

14.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 15.0

15.0

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8

1.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

1.5.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4

1.5.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5

1.5.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7

1.5.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8

1.5.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9

1.5.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10

1.5.0.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12

1.5.0.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.13

1.5.0.13

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14

1.5.0.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0

2.0.0.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21

2.0.0.21

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22

2.0.0.22

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23

2.0.0.23

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0

3.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1

3.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2

3.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3

3.0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4

3.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5

3.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6

3.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7

3.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8

3.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9

3.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10

3.0.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11

3.0.11

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1

3.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1

3.1.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2

3.1.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3

3.1.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4

3.1.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5

3.1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6

3.1.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7

3.1.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8

3.1.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9

3.1.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10

3.1.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11

3.1.11

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12

3.1.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13

3.1.13

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14

3.1.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15

3.1.15

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16

3.1.16

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17

3.1.17

Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0

5.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0

6.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1

6.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2

6.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0

7.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1

7.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0

8.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0

9.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0.1

9.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0

11.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0.1

11.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0

12.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0.1

12.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0

13.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1

13.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0

14.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0

15.0

Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 RC2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.1

2.0.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.2

2.0.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.3

2.0.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4

2.0.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5

2.0.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.6

2.0.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.7

2.0.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.8

2.0.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9

2.0.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.10

2.0.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.11

2.0.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.12

2.0.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.13

2.0.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.14

2.0.14

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha3

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 3

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Release Candidate 1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Release Candidate 2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 1

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 2

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 3

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta1

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta 2

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta 3

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.1

2.3.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.2

2.3.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.3

2.3.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 1

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 2

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 3

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4.1

2.4.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 1

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 2

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 3

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 4

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 1

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 2

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 3

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 4

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6.1

2.6.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 1

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 2

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 3

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 4

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 5

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.1

2.7.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.2

2.7.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 1

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 2

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 3

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 4

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 5

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 6

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 1

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 2

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 3

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 beta4

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9.1

2.9.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta1

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta2

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta3

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10.1

2.10.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta1

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta2

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta3

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta4

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta5

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta6

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta1

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta2

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta3

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta4

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta5

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta6

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12.1

2.12.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta1

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta2

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta3

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta4

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta5

2.13

References

SUSE-SU-2012:1351

86109

RHSA-2012:1351

50856

50892

50904

50935

50936

50984

55318

MDVSA-2012:163

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-79.html

Vendor Advisory

USN-1611-1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725770

firefox-full-screen-code-exec(79149)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16334

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