critical
10
CWE
119
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2012-3966: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed Aug 29 2012(Updated: )

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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a negative height value in a BMP image within a .ICO file, related to (1) improper handling of the transparency bitmask by the nsICODecoder component and (2) improper processing of the alpha channel by the nsBMPDecoder component.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Firefox=10.0
Firefox=10.0.1
Firefox=10.0.2
Firefox=10.0.3
Firefox=10.0.4
Firefox=10.0.5
Firefox=10.0.6
Firefox<=14.0
Firefox=1.0
Firefox=1.0-preview_release
Firefox=1.0.1
Firefox=1.0.2
Firefox=1.0.3
Firefox=1.0.4
Firefox=1.0.5
Firefox=1.0.6
Firefox=1.0.7
Firefox=1.0.8
Firefox=1.4.1
Firefox=1.5
Firefox=1.5-beta1
Firefox=1.5-beta2
Firefox=1.5.0.1
Firefox=1.5.0.2
Firefox=1.5.0.3
Firefox=1.5.0.4
Firefox=1.5.0.5
Firefox=1.5.0.6
Firefox=1.5.0.7
Firefox=1.5.0.8
Firefox=1.5.0.9
Firefox=1.5.0.10
Firefox=1.5.0.11
Firefox=1.5.0.12
Firefox=1.5.1
Firefox=1.5.2
Firefox=1.5.3
Firefox=1.5.4
Firefox=1.5.5
Firefox=1.5.6
Firefox=1.5.7
Firefox=1.5.8
Firefox=1.8
Firefox=2.0
Firefox=2.0.0.1
Firefox=2.0.0.2
Firefox=2.0.0.3
Firefox=2.0.0.4
Firefox=2.0.0.5
Firefox=2.0.0.6
Firefox=2.0.0.7
Firefox=2.0.0.8
Firefox=2.0.0.9
Firefox=2.0.0.10
Firefox=2.0.0.11
Firefox=2.0.0.12
Firefox=2.0.0.13
Firefox=2.0.0.14
Firefox=2.0.0.15
Firefox=2.0.0.16
Firefox=2.0.0.17
Firefox=2.0.0.18
Firefox=2.0.0.19
Firefox=2.0.0.20
Firefox=3.0
Firefox=3.0.1
Firefox=3.0.2
Firefox=3.0.3
Firefox=3.0.4
Firefox=3.0.5
Firefox=3.0.6
Firefox=3.0.7
Firefox=3.0.8
Firefox=3.0.9
Firefox=3.0.10
Firefox=3.0.11
Firefox=3.0.12
Firefox=3.0.13
Firefox=3.0.14
Firefox=3.0.15
Firefox=3.0.16
Firefox=3.0.17
Firefox=3.5
Firefox=3.5.1
Firefox=3.5.2
Firefox=3.5.3
Firefox=3.5.4
Firefox=3.5.5
Firefox=3.5.6
Firefox=3.5.7
Firefox=3.5.8
Firefox=3.5.9
Firefox=3.5.10
Firefox=3.5.11
Firefox=3.5.12
Firefox=3.5.13
Firefox=3.5.14
Firefox=3.5.15
Firefox=3.6
Firefox=3.6.2
Firefox=3.6.3
Firefox=3.6.4
Firefox=3.6.6
Firefox=3.6.7
Firefox=3.6.8
Firefox=3.6.9
Firefox=3.6.10
Firefox=3.6.11
Firefox=3.6.12
Firefox=3.6.13
Firefox=3.6.14
Firefox=3.6.15
Firefox=3.6.16
Firefox=3.6.17
Firefox=3.6.18
Firefox=3.6.19
Firefox=3.6.20
Firefox=3.6.21
Firefox=3.6.22
Firefox=3.6.23
Firefox=3.6.24
Firefox=3.6.25
Firefox=4.0
Firefox=4.0-beta1
Firefox=4.0-beta10
Firefox=4.0-beta11
Firefox=4.0-beta12
Firefox=4.0-beta2
Firefox=4.0-beta3
Firefox=4.0-beta4
Firefox=4.0-beta5
Firefox=4.0-beta6
Firefox=4.0-beta7
Firefox=4.0-beta8
Firefox=4.0-beta9
Firefox=4.0.1
Firefox=5.0
Firefox=5.0.1
Firefox=6.0
Firefox=6.0.1
Firefox=6.0.2
Firefox=7.0
Firefox=7.0.1
Firefox=8.0
Firefox=8.0.1
Firefox=9.0
Firefox=9.0.1
Firefox=11.0
Firefox=12.0
Firefox=12.0-beta6
Firefox=13.0
Thunderbird<=14.0
Thunderbird=1.0
Thunderbird=1.0.1
Thunderbird=1.0.2
Thunderbird=1.0.3
Thunderbird=1.0.4
Thunderbird=1.0.5
Thunderbird=1.0.5-beta
Thunderbird=1.0.6
Thunderbird=1.0.7
Thunderbird=1.0.8
Thunderbird=1.5
Thunderbird=1.5-beta2
Thunderbird=1.5.0.1
Thunderbird=1.5.0.2
Thunderbird=1.5.0.3
Thunderbird=1.5.0.4
Thunderbird=1.5.0.5
Thunderbird=1.5.0.6
Thunderbird=1.5.0.7
Thunderbird=1.5.0.8
Thunderbird=1.5.0.9
Thunderbird=1.5.0.10
Thunderbird=1.5.0.11
Thunderbird=1.5.0.12
Thunderbird=1.5.0.13
Thunderbird=1.5.0.14
Thunderbird=1.5.1
Thunderbird=1.5.2
Thunderbird=1.7.1
Thunderbird=1.7.3
Thunderbird=2.0
Thunderbird=2.0.0.0
Thunderbird=2.0.0.1
Thunderbird=2.0.0.2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.3
Thunderbird=2.0.0.4
Thunderbird=2.0.0.5
Thunderbird=2.0.0.6
Thunderbird=2.0.0.7
Thunderbird=2.0.0.8
Thunderbird=2.0.0.9
Thunderbird=2.0.0.11
Thunderbird=2.0.0.12
Thunderbird=2.0.0.13
Thunderbird=2.0.0.14
Thunderbird=2.0.0.15
Thunderbird=2.0.0.16
Thunderbird=2.0.0.17
Thunderbird=2.0.0.18
Thunderbird=2.0.0.19
Thunderbird=2.0.0.20
Thunderbird=2.0.0.21
Thunderbird=2.0.0.22
Thunderbird=2.0.0.23
Thunderbird=3.0
Thunderbird=3.0.1
Thunderbird=3.0.2
Thunderbird=3.0.3
Thunderbird=3.0.4
Thunderbird=3.0.5
Thunderbird=3.0.6
Thunderbird=3.0.7
Thunderbird=3.0.8
Thunderbird=3.0.9
Thunderbird=3.0.10
Thunderbird=3.0.11
Thunderbird=3.1
Thunderbird=3.1.1
Thunderbird=3.1.2
Thunderbird=3.1.3
Thunderbird=3.1.4
Thunderbird=3.1.5
Thunderbird=3.1.6
Thunderbird=3.1.7
Thunderbird=3.1.8
Thunderbird=3.1.9
Thunderbird=3.1.10
Thunderbird=3.1.11
Thunderbird=3.1.12
Thunderbird=3.1.13
Thunderbird=3.1.14
Thunderbird=3.1.15
Thunderbird=3.1.16
Thunderbird=3.1.17
Thunderbird=5.0
Thunderbird=6.0
Thunderbird=6.0.1
Thunderbird=6.0.2
Thunderbird=7.0
Thunderbird=7.0.1
Thunderbird=8.0
Thunderbird=9.0
Thunderbird=9.0.1
Thunderbird=10.0
Thunderbird=10.0.1
Thunderbird=10.0.2
Thunderbird=10.0.3
Thunderbird=10.0.4
Thunderbird=11.0
Thunderbird=12.0
Thunderbird=13.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey<=2.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-beta_1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-beta_2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-rc1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-rc2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.10
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.12
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.13
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0.14
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-alpha1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-alpha2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-alpha3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-rc1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.1-rc2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.2-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.2-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.2-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.3.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.4-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.4-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.4-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.4.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.5-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.5-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.5-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.5-beta4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6-beta4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.6.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7-beta4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7-beta5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.7.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.8-beta6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.9-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.9-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.9-beta3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.10
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=10.0.6
Firefox ESR=10.0
Firefox ESR=10.0.1
Firefox ESR=10.0.2
Firefox ESR=10.0.3
Firefox ESR=10.0.4
Firefox ESR=10.0.5
Firefox ESR=10.0.6

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2012-3966?

    CVE-2012-3966 has a high severity rating due to its potential to allow remote code execution and cause memory corruption.

  • How do I fix CVE-2012-3966?

    To fix CVE-2012-3966, update to the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey that address this vulnerability.

  • What versions are affected by CVE-2012-3966?

    CVE-2012-3966 affects Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0, Thunderbird versions before 15.0, and SeaMonkey versions before 2.12.

  • Can CVE-2012-3966 affect my web browsing security?

    Yes, CVE-2012-3966 can compromise web browsing security as it allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely.

  • Is there a workaround for CVE-2012-3966?

    There is no viable workaround for CVE-2012-3966; updating to a patched version is the only solution.

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