CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3978
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The nsLocation::CheckURL function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 does not properly follow the security model of the location object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended content-loading restrictions or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving chrome code.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox 10.0
• mozilla firefox 10.0.1
• mozilla firefox 10.0.2
• mozilla firefox 10.0.3
• mozilla firefox 10.0.4
• mozilla firefox 10.0.5
• mozilla firefox 10.0.6
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.1
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.2
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.3
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.4
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.5
• mozilla thunderbird esr 10.0.6
• mozilla firefox (<= 14.0)
• mozilla firefox 1.0
• mozilla firefox 1.0.1
• mozilla firefox 1.0.2
• mozilla firefox 1.0.3
• mozilla firefox 1.0.4
• mozilla firefox 1.0.5
• mozilla firefox 1.0.6
• mozilla firefox 1.0.7
• mozilla firefox 1.0.8
• mozilla firefox 1.4.1
• mozilla firefox 1.5
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.9
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11
• mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12
• mozilla firefox 1.5.1
• mozilla firefox 1.5.2
• mozilla firefox 1.5.3
• mozilla firefox 1.5.4
• mozilla firefox 1.5.5
• mozilla firefox 1.5.6
• mozilla firefox 1.5.7
• mozilla firefox 1.5.8
• mozilla firefox 1.8
• mozilla firefox 2.0
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12
… and 215 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-70.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55306 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf www.xerox.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770429 bugzilla.mozilla.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16923 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-70.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55306 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf www.xerox.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770429 bugzilla.mozilla.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16923 oval.cisecurity.org