CVE-2012-3965
Firefox < 15.0 - Remote Code Execution via about:newtab Navigation
Title source: llmDescription
Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 does not properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers creation of a new tab and then a new window.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769108
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16442
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-60.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0242
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (47)
mozilla/firefox
1.0 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox
1.0.1
mozilla/firefox
1.0.2
mozilla/firefox
1.0.3
mozilla/firefox
1.0.4
mozilla/firefox
1.0.5
mozilla/firefox
1.0.6
mozilla/firefox
1.0.7
mozilla/firefox
1.0.8
mozilla/firefox
1.4.1
... and 37 more
Published
Aug 29, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026