NVD

CVE-2012-3960 Detail

Modified

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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozSpellChecker::SetCurrentDictionary function 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55325	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55325	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16853	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16853	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-416	Use After Free	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:41:53 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55325
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Added	Reference	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16853

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/26/2020 4:37:28 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-416
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-399
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 7800 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:moz	OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:::-::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:::-::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::-:: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::vmware:: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2::::::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.6:::::::	Record truncated, showing 500 of 535 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.7
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 4375 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 5829 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html No Types Assigned	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55325 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55325 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf No Types Assigned	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16853 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16853 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3960
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2012-3960 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:41:53 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/21/2024 9:55:03 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:45:26 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/26/2020 4:37:28 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/18/2017 9:35:12 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 8/29/2012 12:54:00 PM

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