CVE-2012-1957

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-07-18

Description

An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.

See more information about CVE-2012-1957 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-2012-1088	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1088	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1088	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1089	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1088	2012-07-17

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