CVE-2012-5841

Medium

Description

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 implement cross-origin wrappers with a filtering behavior that does not properly restrict write actions, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

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

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox10.0.11, 17.0 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 < 10.0.11, v < 17.010.0.11, 17.0
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.142.14
mozilla thunderbirdv < 17.017.0
mozilla thunderbird_esrv < 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—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
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—

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