FKIE_CVE-2012-4193

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-12 10:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 omit a security check in the defaultValue function during the unwrapping of security wrappers, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object, or execute arbitrary JavaScript code, via a crafted web site.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1361.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1362.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50906Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50907Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50964Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16786Third 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1361.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1362.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50906Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50907Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50964Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.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=720619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16786Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla seamonkey *
mozilla thunderbird *
mozilla thunderbird_esr *
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
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 10
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:44:34.590",
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