The HZ-GB-2312 character-set implementation in 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 does not properly handle a ~ (tilde) character in proximity to a chunk delimiter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2583-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2584-1 iceape security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2588-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4151 The HZ-GB-2312 character-set implementation in 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 does not properly handle a ~ (tilde) character in proximity to a chunk delimiter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1636-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1638-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/87587 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-101.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56632 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=801681 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80179 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4207 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16955 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4207 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

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.618Z

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

Link: CVE-2012-4207

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-21T12:55:02.023

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

Link: CVE-2012-4207

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4207 - Bugzilla

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