CVE-2012-4184 (GCVE-0-2012-4184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/86113 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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Date Public
2012-10-09 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:45:07Z",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "47",
      "product_status:recommended": "162",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2012-4184",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2012-4184.json",
      "version": "17"
    }
  }
}



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