FKIE_CVE-2012-3984

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-10 17:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has a SELECT element's menu active, which allows remote attackers to spoof page content via vectors involving absolute positioning and scrolling.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50856Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50892Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50935Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50984Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575294Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16184Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575294Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16184Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla seamonkey *
mozilla thunderbird *
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11
suse linux_enterprise_server 10
suse linux_enterprise_server 11
suse linux_enterprise_server 11
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