PT-2012-5093 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+1

Mariusz Mlynski · Published 2012-08-28 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2012-3965

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site. This occurs when a new tab and then a new window are created, triggering improper navigation to the about:newtab page.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.0, update to version 15.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3965

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1065-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Firefox

Suse

References · 2101

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3965 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3965 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-60 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0354 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3302 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1551 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1937 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25731 · Note