CVE-2012-4207

Medium

Description

The HZ-GB-2312 character-set implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not properly handle a ~ (tilde) character in proximity to a chunk delimiter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedNov 21, 2012
First seenNov 21, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox17.0, 10.0.11 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.14 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird17.0 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 17.0, 10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1117.0, 10.0.11
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.142.14
mozilla thunderbirdv < 17.017.0
mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1110.0.11
opensuse opensuse11.4, 12.1, 12.2—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_server10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit10, 11—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0—
debian debian_linux6.0, 7.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—

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CVE-2012-4207 · Mozilla Firefox · Dark Radar