Is CVE-2012-3992 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-3992 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-3992?

CVE-2012-3992 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-3992?

CVE-2012-3992 has an EPSS score of 2.51% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3992?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 16.0 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-3992

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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 do not properly manage history data, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive POST content via vectors involving a location.hash write operation and history navigation that triggers the loading of a URL into the history object.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:16.0Fixed in:16.0Mozilla

Affected:10.0.8Fixed in:10.0.8Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:16.0Fixed in:16.0Mozilla

Affected:10.0.8Fixed in:10.0.8Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:16.0Fixed in:16.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory13

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.