FKIE_CVE-2012-4184

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-10 17:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges 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://osvdb.org/86113Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946Third 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://osvdb.org/86113Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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=780370Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird_esr *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird *
mozilla seamonkey *
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
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11
suse linux_enterprise_sdk 10
suse linux_enterprise_server 10
suse linux_enterprise_server 11
suse linux_enterprise_server 11
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