CVE-2012-4194
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51121Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51123Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51127Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51144Advisory