PT-2012-5117 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+3

Ms2Ger · Published 2012-10-09 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2012-3989

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 16.0 Thunderbird versions prior to 16.0 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.13

Description The issue arises from improper casting of an unspecified variable when using the instanceof operator on a JavaScript object. This can be exploited by remote attackers via a crafted web site, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code or a denial of service due to an assertion failure.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 16.0, update to version 16.0 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 16.0, update to version 16.0 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.13, update to version 2.13 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3989

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1345-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Firefox

Seamonkey

Suse

Thunderbird

References · 3091

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_onreadystatechange.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_tostring_console_injection.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_attribchildremoved.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_webidl_injection.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_nssvgvalue.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_xmlserializer.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_interleaved_write.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_svg_plugin.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_reduceright.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/vlad902/annotated-fbi-tbb-exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/argp/cve-2011-3026-firefox · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mk219533/CVE-2010-1205 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/johnwchadwick/cve-2009-3555-test-server · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06203 · Security Note