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CVE-2012-5841

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 implement cross-origin wrappers with a filtering behavior that does not properly restrict write actions, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Published

2012-11-21T12:55:03.697

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	< 10.0.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 17.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	< 2.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 17.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird_esr	< 10.0.11	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	6.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/87588 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-100.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56631 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805807 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80178 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16590 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/87588 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-100.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56631 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805807 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80178 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16590 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)