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CVE-2012-4193

Origin Validation Error

Published: Oct 12, 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
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4193
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/346.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*16.0.1 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.9 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.13.1 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*16.0.1 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esrMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.9 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.8-2.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.8-2.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.8-2.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.8-2.el6_3*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntunatty*
SeamonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntunatty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbunturaring*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntulucid*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntunatty*
Xulrunner-2.0Ubuntunatty*

References

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