CVE-2012-4201
Description
The evalInSandbox 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 uses an incorrect context during the handling of JavaScript code that sets the location.href property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or read arbitrary files by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.10 | affected | |
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.1 | affected | |
| suse | 12.2 | affected | |
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| debian | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.3 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"17.0"} | 17.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.14"} | 2.14 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"17.0"} | 17.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | {"startIncluding":"10.0","endExcluding":"10.0.11"} | 10.0.11 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://osvdb.org/87594
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.