CVE-2012-4209
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.2 | Affected | — |
| 12.1 | Affected | — |
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"17.0"} | 17.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.14"} | 2.14 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"17.0"} | 17.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | {"startIncluding":"10.0","endExcluding":"10.0.11"} | 10.0.11 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56629
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16880
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.