The nsWindow implementation in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 does not check the validity of an instance after event dispatching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Mobile Firefox on Android
Published Mar 14, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.15%
Description
The nsWindow implementation in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 does not check the validity of an instance after event dispatching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Mobile Firefox on Android.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- ≥ 1.0 · ≤ 3.1.19
Configuration 5
- > 5.0 · ≤ 10.0
Configuration 6
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
Configuration 7
- n/a
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.15% (0.04151) | 90.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.08% (0.04085) | 89.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.69% (0.04692) | 88.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.36% (0.12362) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 55.68% (0.55682) | 97.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 49.36% (0.49364) | 97.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 56.16% (0.56160) | 97.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 44.46% (0.44460) | 97.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 32.69% (0.32691) | 96.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 26.23% (0.26226) | 96.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 13.60% (0.13598) | 94.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 7.40% (0.07396) | 93.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.46% (0.06460) | 92.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52466 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688208 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15143 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
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