CVE-2012-3984

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has a SELECT element's menu active, which allows remote attackers to spoof page content via vectors involving absolute positioning and scrolling.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.95% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935	third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856	third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	third party advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16184	vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575294	issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3984?: CVE-2012-3984 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3984?: To fix CVE-2012-3984, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3984 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-3984 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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