CVE-2012-4205
published 2012-11-21CVE-2012-4205: Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to…
PriorityP423medium6.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
1.61%
73.3th percentile
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | < 17.0 | 17.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | < 2.14 | 2.14 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 17.0 | 17.0 |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2012-12-03·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: Regressions were introduced in the last Firefox update.
USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new packages introduced
regressions in cookies handling and the User Agent string. This update fixes
the problem.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a bu
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2012-5842 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while rendering GIF format
images. An attacker could exploit this to possibly execute arbitrary code
as the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-4202)
It was discovered that the evalInSa
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2012-5842 [MEDIUM] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Multiple security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight 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-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while rendering GIF format
images. An attacker could exploit this to possibly execute arbitrary code
as the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-4202)
It was discover
Ubuntu
ubufox update
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] ubufox update
Title: ubufox update
Summary: This update provides compatible ubufox packages for the latest Firefox.
USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an
updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while renderin
Red Hat
Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest inherits incorrect principal within sandbox (MFSA 2012-97)
vendor_redhat·2012-11-20·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4205 [MEDIUM] Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest inherits incorrect principal within sandbox (MFSA 2012-97)
Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest inherits incorrect principal within sandbox (MFSA 2012-97)
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
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 a
GHSA
GHSA-mj3h-hrp4-mfr6: Mozilla Firefox before 17
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2012-4205 [MEDIUM] CWE-352 GHSA-mj3h-hrp4-mfr6: Mozilla Firefox before 17
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2012-11-21
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