MEDIUM
Mozilla: Some DOMWindowUtils methods bypass security checks (MFSA 2012-77)
Published Oct 10, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.51%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly restrict calls to DOMWindowUtils (aka nsDOMWindowUtils) methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- < 10.0.8
Configuration 4
- < 16.0
Configuration 6
OR
- 10.04
- 11.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.3
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 7
OR
- 6.0
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 10
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1350
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1351
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1350
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1350
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1351
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1350
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1350 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1351 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1350 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1350 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1351 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1350 |
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.51% 0.02512
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02512
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 | 2.51% (0.02512) | 84.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02512) | 82.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 79.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.11% (0.03108) | 77.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 77.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00511) | 77.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 78.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 76.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00431) | 71.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 70.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-77.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55922 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3986 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775868 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863618 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16834 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3986
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51181 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-77.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55922 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3986 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775868 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863618 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3986 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16834 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3986 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 10, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2012
Link CVE-2012-3986
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a