VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-3969

critical
Published 2012-08-29 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Integer overflow in the nsSVGFEMorphologyElement::Filter 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 via a crafted SVG filter that triggers an incorrect sum calculation, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"14.0"}
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.4.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.18
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.19
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.21
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.22
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.23
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.24
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.25
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox11.0
mozilla mozillafirefox12.0
mozilla mozillafirefox13.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"14.0"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.21
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.22
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.23
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.4

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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