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CVE-2012-3957

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3957 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBlockFrame::MarkLineDirty function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, Thunderbird ESR, and SeaMonkey. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0776 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3957Critical

Mozilla: Multiple Use-after-free issues (MFSA 2012-58)

Aug 28, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16940
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1548-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1548-2
Third Party Advisory
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Third Party Advisory