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CVE-2012-3995

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3995 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the IsCSSWordSpacingSpace function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, which could lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0502 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3995Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and out of bounds read issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-85)

Oct 9, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50856
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50892
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50904
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50935
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50936
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50984
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55318
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79156
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16808
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56136
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1611-1
Third Party Advisory