Is CVE-2012-3988 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3988 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3988?

CVE-2012-3988 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-3988

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.2%EU EUVD

Use-after-free vulnerability 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 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
EPSS score: 5.2% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3932)
Published: October 10, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3932 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
mozilla / thunderbird
mozilla / thunderbird esr
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise sdk
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/86109(Broken Link)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-79.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725770(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79149(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16334(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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