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CVE-2012-3979

Published: Aug 29, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 23.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 on Android does not properly implement unspecified callers of the __android_log_print function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page that calls the JavaScript dump function.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

firefoxmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
firefox mobilemozilla
On-premMobile App
Consumer Software / browser
androidgoogle
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
n/an/a
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
googlecommercialUSMobile Appsaka google inc, google llc

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-71.html
mozilla.org
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Timeline

Published
Aug 29, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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