CVE-2012-3987

Firefox < 16.0 on Android - Privilege Escalation via Reader Mode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0 on Android assigns chrome privileges to Reader Mode pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/86107
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778582

Scores

EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 70.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox 0.1
mozilla/firefox 0.2
mozilla/firefox 0.3
mozilla/firefox 0.4
mozilla/firefox 0.5
mozilla/firefox 0.6
mozilla/firefox 0.6.1
mozilla/firefox 0.7
mozilla/firefox 0.7.1
mozilla/firefox 0.8
... and 36 more
Published Oct 10, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026