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.

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 0.01358.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
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

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2012:1407 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2012:1407 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2012:1413 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 RHSA-2012:1407 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 RHSA-2012:1407 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 RHSA-2012:1413 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

No data.

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
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51121 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51123 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51127 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51144 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51146 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51147 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51165 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56301 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=800666 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4194 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16918 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4194 cve-icon
History

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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2012-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4194

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

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

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.