Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting mozilla package, versions [,14.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378364
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 14.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

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