Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-3984
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.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.0
- (no CPE)range: <16.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.13
- (no CPE)range: <2.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.0
- (no CPE)range: <16.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16184nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50856nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/50892nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/50904nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/50935nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/50984nvdBroken Link
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