CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4209
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
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 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.
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
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://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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56629 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=792405 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80181 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16880 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://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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56629 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=792405 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80181 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16880 Third Party Advisory