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title: "CVE-2012-3972\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-3972

Publication date 29 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The format-number functionality in the XSLT implementation in Mozilla
Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before
15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows
remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors
that trigger a heap-based buffer over-read.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3972)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3972)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3972)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3972)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1548-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1548-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 29 August 2012

+ [USN-1551-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1551-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 30 August 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3972>