CVE-2012-4184

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 prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

See more information about CVE-2012-4184 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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2012-13502012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)ELSA-2012-13512012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)ELSA-2012-13502012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)ELSA-2012-13502012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)ELSA-2012-13512012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)ELSA-2012-13502012-10-10



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