CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4201
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 17.0)
• mozilla firefox (>= 10.0 < 10.0.11)
• mozilla seamonkey (< 2.14)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 17.0)
• mozilla thunderbird esr (>= 10.0 < 10.0.11)
• opensuse opensuse 11.4
• opensuse opensuse 12.1
• opensuse opensuse 12.2
• suse linux enterprise desktop 10
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• suse linux enterprise server 11
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 10
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 11
• 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
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.10
• debian debian linux 6.0
• debian debian linux 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/87594 Broken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747607 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80171 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15995 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/87594 Broken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747607 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80171 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15995 Third Party Advisory