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CVE-2012-3968

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox...

10.0 High

CVE-2012-3968 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published August 29, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.90%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
5.90%EPSS, 93rd 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 WebGL implementation 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 via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

Exploit likelihood

5.90%Down 5.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
0:10.0.7-2.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
0:10.0.7-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:10.0.7-1.el6_3
0:10.0.7-1.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

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation 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 via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

Record
CVE-2012-3968
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation 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 via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

Record
CVE-2012-3968
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3912No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation 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 via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

Record
EUVD-2012-3912
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qcpm-mq3m-89w8No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox...

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL implementation 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 via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

Record
GHSA-qcpm-mq3m-89w8
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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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