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CVE-2012-3989 (GCVE-0-2012-3989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:21
VLAI
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during use of the instanceof operator on a JavaScript object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted web site.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2012-10-09 00:00
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