An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1966 An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1509-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1510-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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History

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.171Z

Reserved: 2012-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-18T10:26:48.860

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

Link: CVE-2012-1957

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1957 - Bugzilla

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