Use-after-free vulnerability in the IME State Manager implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the nsIContent::GetNameSpaceID function.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3990 is rated High Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.07%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-26 | 5.47% | 6.07% | +0.60% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 11.51% | 5.47% | -6.04% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 11.51% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2012-3990: 1 GLSA(s) (201301-01), 14 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, …); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-3990 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3990 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2012-3990 severity moderate: SUSE including 71 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-10.0.9-0.3.1, …), 122 product×package rows across 43 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 91, Known Not Affected 31. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3990/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-3990 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2), 36 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 17, DNE 9, ignored 9, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3990 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | < 10.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | < 10.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | < 16.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 16.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | seamonkey | < 2.13 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_sdk | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:* |