CVE-2012-1956

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-08-28

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.

See more information about CVE-2012-1956 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10

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