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CVE-2012-4196

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Oct 29, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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-2012-4196
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*16.0.2 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.10 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.13.2 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*16.0.2 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esrMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.10 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntunatty*
FirefoxUbuntuoneiric*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbunturaring*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
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*

Potential Mitigations

References

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