CVE-2012-3980 — Code Injection in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-94 — Code Injection7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Thunderbird ESR
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The web console in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that injects this code and triggers an eval operation.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox14.0+134
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird14.0+99
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird_esr7 versions+6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-356v-396g-55j7: The web console in Mozilla Firefox before 15↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2012-3980: The web console 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: Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code (MFSA 2012-72)↗2012-08-28
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3980 Mozilla: Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code (MFSA 2012-72)↗2012-08-27
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CVE-2012-3980 — Code Injection in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase