CVE-2012-4184

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting (XSS)7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUM
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+9 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 10.0.8+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.13

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, Enterprise Linux 6.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j9vm-hppw-gg7g: The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4184: The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2012-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2012-10-12
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2012-10-09
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties (MFSA 2012-83)↗2012-10-09
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3993 CVE-2012-4184 Mozilla: Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties (MFSA 2012-83)↗2012-10-06
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CVE-2012-4184 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.3) | The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) imp | cvebase.io