CVE-2012-3970

N/A Unknown
Published: August 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTArray_base::Length function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving movement of a requiredFeatures attribute from one SVG document to another.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-63.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55278
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760996
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16876
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-63.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55278
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16876
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.2%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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