CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4196

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

Published: Oct 29, 2012 | Modified: Aug 12, 2020
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
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 16.0.2 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla 10.0 (including) 10.0.10 (excluding)
Seamonkey Mozilla * 2.13.2 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 16.0.2 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esr Mozilla 10.0 (including) 10.0.10 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References