CVE-2012-4194

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedOct 29, 2012
First seenOct 29, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox16.0.2, 10.0.10 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.13.2 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird16.0.2 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 16.0.2, 10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1016.0.2, 10.0.10
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.13.22.13.2
mozilla thunderbirdv < 16.0.216.0.2
mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1010.0.10
opensuse opensuse11.4, 12.1, 12.2—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_server10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit10, 11—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0—

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