PT-2012-5106 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+7

Moz_Bug_R_A4

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Published

2012-08-28

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVE-2012-3978

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 10.0.7 Thunderbird versions prior to 15.0 Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 10.0.7 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.12
Description The issue is related to the nsLocation::CheckURL function, which does not properly follow the security model of the location object. This allows remote attackers to bypass intended content-loading restrictions, possibly having other unspecified impacts via vectors involving chrome code.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0, update to version 15.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 10.0.7, update to version 10.0.7 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 15.0, update to version 15.0 or later. For Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 10.0.7, update to version 10.0.7 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.12, update to version 2.12 or later.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1210
CESA-2012_1211
CVE-2012-3978
DSA-2553-1
DSA-2554-1
DSA-2556-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1065-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2012:1210
RHSA-2012:1211
RHSA-2012_1210
RHSA-2012_1211

Affected Products

Centos
Firefox Esr
Firefox
Red Hat
Seamonkey
Suse
Thunderbird
Thunderbird Esr