HIGH
Mozilla: Use-after-free in the IME State Manager (MFSA 2012-87)
Published Oct 10, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.20%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the IME State Manager implementation in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the nsIContent::GetNameSpaceID function.
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.
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.
5.20% 0.05201
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05201
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 2, 2026 | 5.20% (0.05201) | 92.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.20% (0.05201) | 91.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.47% (0.05468) | 89.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.51% (0.11512) | 89.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.47% (0.05468) | 89.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.57% (0.02574) | 89.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.61% (0.03613) | 92.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.23% (0.03235) | 89.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | 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/mfsa2012-87.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3990 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787704 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863628 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79172 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3990
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16642 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3990
| 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/mfsa2012-87.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3990 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787704 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863628 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3990 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16642 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3990 |
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-2012-3990
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a