HIGH
Mozilla: Escalation of privilege through about:newtab (MFSA 2012-60)
Published Aug 29, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.42%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 does not properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers creation of a new tab and then a new window.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 14.0
- 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
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.5.15
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
- 3.6.23
- 3.6.24
- 3.6.25
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 13.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.42% 0.02423
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02423
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02423) | 83.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02423) | 81.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 76.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.17% (0.02166) | 73.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 76.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 86.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 86.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 0.98% (0.00984) | 81.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 79.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-60.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3965 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769108 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851916 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3965
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16442 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3965
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-60.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3965 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769108 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851916 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3965 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16442 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3965 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 29, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2012
Link CVE-2012-3965
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a