CVE-2012-3993

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-10-09

Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an XrayWrapper

See more information about CVE-2012-3993 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:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

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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