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CVE-2012-3969

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3969 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the nsSVGFEMorphologyElement::Filter function of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious SVG filter, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
4.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0481 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 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-0:10.0.7-1.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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
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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
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3969Critical

Mozilla: SVG buffer overflow and use-after-free issues (MFSA 2012-63)

Aug 28, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16635
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2553
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2554
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2556
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-63.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55292
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1548-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1548-2
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf