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CVE-2012-0458

Published: Mar 14, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0458
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a URL to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: URL that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*3.6.27 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.3-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.3-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.3-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.3-1.el6_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.3-1.el6_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.3-1.el6_2*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntumaverick*
FirefoxUbuntunatty*
FirefoxUbuntuoneiric*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntumaverick*
SeamonkeyUbuntunatty*
SeamonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntumaverick*
ThunderbirdUbuntunatty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuoneiric*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntulucid*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntumaverick*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntunatty*
Xulrunner-2.0Ubuntunatty*

References

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