CVE-2012-3973

HighCVSS 7.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the presence of the HTTPMonitor extension and connecting to that service through the HTTPMonitor port.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 29, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-3973: High severity, CVSS 7.6 | Vulnix