Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-3972
The format-number functionality in the XSLT implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer over-read.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.04, 11.10
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 12.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16234 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-65.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-3972?
- CVE-2012-3972 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2012-08-29.
- Is CVE-2012-3972 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.