CVE-2012-3973 describes a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0, specifically within its developer-tools debugger. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting improper access restrictions to the remote-debugging service, provided the HTTPMonitor extension is present and the attacker connects through its port, even when remote debugging is ostensibly disabled. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the EPSS score is low, indicating a low probability of exploitation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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