CVE-2012-3966
Mozilla Firefox BMP ICO Image Corruption Vulnerability
Description
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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a negative height value in a BMP image within a .ICO file, related to (1) improper handling of the transparency bitmask by the nsICODecoder component and (2) improper processing of the alpha channel by the nsBMPDecoder component.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 29, 2012, 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-3966
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade Firefox, Thunderbird, or SeaMonkey to the latest versions.
- Update affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-3966.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-3966 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-3966
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2012-3966 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-3966 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-61.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 Added Reference http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775793 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775794 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16246 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16246 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16246 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 10
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.66 }} 0.00%
score
0.87445
percentile