Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2012-3988

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3988 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 16.0 (and ESR 10.x before 10.0.8). This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating full-screen mode and browser history navigation. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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
5.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0520 is in the 60th 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
View patch
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
View patch
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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3988Critical

Mozilla: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation (MFSA 2012-79)

Oct 9, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 86109
Broken Link
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/79149
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16334
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-79.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1611-1
Third Party Advisory