Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
The EPSS score is 0.00743.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendors | Products |
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| Mozilla |
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| Redhat |
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Configuration 1 [-]
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Configuration 2 [-]
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Configuration 3 [-]
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| Package | CPE | Advisory | Released Date |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | |||
| firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2012:1350 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
| xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2012:1350 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
| thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2012:1351 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |||
| firefox-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 | RHSA-2012:1350 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
| xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 | RHSA-2012:1350 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
| thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 | RHSA-2012:1351 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z |
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2012-1965 | Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1548-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1551-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
No history.
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.097Z
Reserved: 2012-03-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-1956
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-08-29T10:56:39.737
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2012-1956
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
EUVD
Ubuntu USN