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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3917 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1548-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:21:04.216Z

Reserved: 2012-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3973

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-29T10:56:41.037

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3973

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3973 - Bugzilla

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