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CVE-2012-1944

The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 does not block inline event handlers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTML document.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1944 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from mozilla and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-06-05T23:55:01.763

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	4.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	5.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	5.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	6.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	6.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	6.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	7.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	7.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	8.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	8.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	9.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	9.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	10.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	10.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	10.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	10.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	10.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	11.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	12.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	12.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	≤ 2.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.13	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.15	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.16	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.17	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.18	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.19	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.5.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.5.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.5.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.13	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.0.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.3.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.4.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.6.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.7.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	2.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	5.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	6.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	6.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	6.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	7.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	7.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	8.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	9.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	9.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	10.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	10.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	10.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	10.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	10.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	11.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	12.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	10.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	10.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	10.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	10.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	10.0.4	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/49981 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-36.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751422 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17005 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49981 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-36.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751422 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17005 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.