CVE-2012-4192
published 2012-10-12CVE-2012-4192: Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object…
PriorityP416medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPINAN
EPSS
1.41%
69.7th percentile
Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue to CVE-2012-4193.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | seamonkey | — | — |
| mozilla | thunderbird | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_ubuntu9.3CRITICAL
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-10-12·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-3982 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Henrik Skupin, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Soroush Dalili and others
discovered several memory corruption flaws in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, an
attacker could exploit these to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within
the context of another website or arbitrary code as the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3989,
CVE-2012-4191)
David Bloom and Jordi Chancel discovered that Thunderbird did not always
properly handle the element. If a user were tricked into opening a
malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, a remote attacker could
exploit this to conduct URL spoofing an
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-10-11·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-4191 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
It was discovered that the browser engine used in Firefox contained a
memory corruption flaw. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted web page, a remote attacker could cause Firefox to crash or
potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-4191)
It was discovered that Firefox allowed improper access to the Location
object. An attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2012-4192)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (firefox-16) (MFSA 2012-89)
vendor_redhat·2012-10-11·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2012-4192 [MEDIUM] Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (firefox-16) (MFSA 2012-89)
Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (firefox-16) (MFSA 2012-89)
Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue to CVE-2012-4193.
Statement: This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
GHSA
GHSA-632m-m565-j459: Mozilla Firefox 16
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4192 [MEDIUM] GHSA-632m-m565-j459: Mozilla Firefox 16
Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue to CVE-2012-4193.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904http://secunia.com/advisories/50929http://secunia.com/advisories/50984http://secunia.com/advisories/55318http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.htmlhttp://www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799952https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79210https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17095http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904http://secunia.com/advisories/50929http://secunia.com/advisories/50984http://secunia.com/advisories/55318http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.htmlhttp://www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799952https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79210https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17095
2012-10-12
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