CVE-2012-3988

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedOct 10, 2012
First seenOct 10, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox10.0.8, 16.0 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0.8 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird16.0 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 10.0.8, v < 16.010.0.8, 16.0
mozilla thunderbird_esrv < 10.0.810.0.8
mozilla thunderbirdv < 16.016.0
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.132.13
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_sdk10—
suse linux_enterprise_server10, 11—

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