CVE-2012-4194

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-10-26
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

Description

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 do not prevent use of the valueOf 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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1407	2012-10-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1413	2012-10-29
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1407	2012-10-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1407	2012-10-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1413	2012-10-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1407	2012-10-26