CVE-2012-4193 — Origin Validation Error in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+9 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 omit a security check in the defaultValue function during the unwrapping of security wrappers, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object, or execute arbitrary JavaScript code, via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox10.0 — 10.0.9+1
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 16.0.1
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird_esr10.0 — 10.0.9
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.13.1

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

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-64fw-qfj6-6pc5: Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4193: Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2012-10-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2012-10-12
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Red Hat
Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (MFSA 2012-89)↗2012-10-11
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Red Hat
Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (firefox-16) (MFSA 2012-89)↗2012-10-11
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4193 Mozilla: defaultValue security checks not applied (MFSA 2012-89)↗2012-10-11
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