CVE-2012-3983
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0,...
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2012-3983- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2012-3983- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3927 No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2012-3927- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxx4-mph4-8pxf No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0,...
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-hxx4-mph4-8pxf- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1 No score
seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 No score
MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 50.1.0-1.1 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
MozillaThunderbirdopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 45.5.1-1.1 | 45.5.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-3983 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published October 10, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.31%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in MozillaFirefox 50.1.0-1.1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/50904
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16901
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bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762920
mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-74.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3983
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxx4-mph4-8pxf
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913
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