MEDIUM
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0 on Android assigns chrome privileges to Reader Mode pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site
Published Oct 10, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.45%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0 on Android assigns chrome privileges to Reader Mode pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 15.0.1
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 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
- 14.0
- 15.0
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.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.45% 0.01451
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01451
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.45% (0.01451) | 72.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.45% (0.01451) | 69.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00230) | 43.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 75.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 74.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 71.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00408) | 69.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/86107 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-78.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778582 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://osvdb.org/86107 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-78.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778582 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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-2012-3987
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a