Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 do not prevent use of the valueOf 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.
Published: 2012-10-29
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4138 Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 do not prevent use of the valueOf 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 Ubuntu USN USN-1620-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1620-2 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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

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

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird Thunderbird Esr
Opensuse Opensuse
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Linux Enterprise Server Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.620Z

Reserved: 2012-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4194

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-29T18:55:01.413

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

Link: CVE-2012-4194

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4194 - Bugzilla

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