CVE-2012-3962 describes a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, Thunderbird ESR, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 15.0/10.0.7/2.12 respectively. This flaw stems from improper character iteration within text runs, enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted documents. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise with moderate attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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