CVE-2012-4208

Medium

Description

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not consider the compartment during property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended chrome-only restrictions on reading DOM object properties via a crafted web site.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability82. percentile2.1%
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedNov 21, 2012
First seenNov 21, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox17.0 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.14 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird17.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 17.017.0
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.142.14
mozilla thunderbirdv < 17.017.0
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, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—

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