CVE-2012-3967 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+10 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The WebGL 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 on Linux, when a large number of sampler uniforms are used, does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages11 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox10.0 — 10.0.7+1
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird_esr10.0 — 10.0.7
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.12

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, Enterprise Linux 6.3

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pfgj-fg47-5ff5: The WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-3967: The WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15↗2012-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2012-08-30
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2012-08-29
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Red Hat
Mozilla: WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption (MFSA 2012-62)↗2012-08-28
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3967 CVE-2012-3968 Mozilla: WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption (MFSA 2012-62)↗2012-08-27
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