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CVE-2012-3973

The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly…

High7.6EPSS 4.9%
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Updated
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mitre

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-3973, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High7.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.

Weakness

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