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CVE-2012-3990

Use-after-free vulnerability in the IME State Manager implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16...

9.3 High

CVE-2012-3990 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) 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 5.20%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.3 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
5.20%EPSS, 92nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.20%Down 4.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
iceweasel
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.5.16-19, plus listed versions
3.5.16-103.5.16-10~bpo50+13.5.16-113.5.16-11~bpo50+13.5.16-12
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3.5.16-133.5.16-143.5.16-153.5.16-163.5.16-173.5.16-183.5.16-43.5.16-53.5.16-5~bpo50+13.5.16-63.5.16-6~bpo50+13.5.16-73.5.16-7~bpo50+13.5.16-83.5.16-8~bpo50+13.5.16-9
3.5.16-19
icedove
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.0.11-1+squeeze14, plus listed versions
3.0.11-13.0.11-1+squeeze13.0.11-1+squeeze103.0.11-1+squeeze113.0.11-1+squeeze12
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3.0.11-1+squeeze133.0.11-1+squeeze23.0.11-1+squeeze33.0.11-1+squeeze43.0.11-1+squeeze53.0.11-1+squeeze63.0.11-1+squeeze73.0.11-1+squeeze83.0.11-1+squeeze9
3.0.11-1+squeeze14
iceape
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 2.0.11-16, plus listed versions
2.0.11-102.0.11-112.0.11-122.0.11-132.0.11-14
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2.0.11-152.0.11-22.0.11-32.0.11-42.0.11-52.0.11-62.0.11-72.0.11-82.0.11-9
2.0.11-16
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
0:10.0.8-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
0:10.0.8-1.el6_3
MozillaFirefox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 899 CVEs
before 50.1.0-1.1
50.1.0-1.1
MozillaThunderbird
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 560 CVEs
before 45.5.1-1.1
45.5.1-1.1
firefox-esr
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs
before 128.5.1-1.1
128.5.1-1.1

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.3

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.

Record
CVE-2012-3990
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-3990
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3934No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-3934
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6h5m-g68r-8p3jNo score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the IME State Manager implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16...

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.

Record
GHSA-6h5m-g68r-8p3j
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1No 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-2024:10218-1No 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-2024:10230-1No 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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1No score

firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
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