CVE-2012-4209

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

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 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

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 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 12 years ago

2012-11-21 12:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox 0.1

0.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.2

0.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.3

0.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.4

0.4

Mozilla Firefox 0.5

0.5

Mozilla Firefox 0.6

0.6

Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1

0.6.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.7

0.7

Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1

0.7.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.10

0.10

Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1

0.10.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1

2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2

2.0.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3

2.0.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7

2.0.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8

2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

2.0.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11

2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13

2.0.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15

2.0.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20

2.0.0.20

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

3.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1

3.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2

3.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3

3.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4

3.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5

3.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6

3.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7

3.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8

3.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

3.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10

3.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11

3.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12

3.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13

3.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14

3.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15

3.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16

3.0.16

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17

3.0.17

Mozilla Firefox 3.5

3.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1

3.5.1

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2

3.5.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3

3.5.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4

3.5.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5

3.5.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6

3.5.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7

3.5.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8

3.5.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9

3.5.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10

3.5.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11

3.5.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12

3.5.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13

3.5.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14

3.5.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15

3.5.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.6

3.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2

3.6.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3

3.6.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4

3.6.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6

3.6.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7

3.6.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8

3.6.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9

3.6.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10

3.6.10

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11

3.6.11

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12

3.6.12

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13

3.6.13

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14

3.6.14

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15

3.6.15

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16

3.6.16

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17

3.6.17

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18

3.6.18

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19

3.6.19

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20

3.6.20

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21

3.6.21

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22

3.6.22

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23

3.6.23

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24

3.6.24

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25

3.6.25

Mozilla Firefox 4.0

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta1

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta10

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta11

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta12

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta2

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta3

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta4

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta5

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta6

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta7

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta8

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta9

4.0

Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1

4.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 5.0

5.0

Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1

5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 6.0

6.0

Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1

6.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2

6.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 7.0

7.0

Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1

7.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 8.0

8.0

Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1

8.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 9.0

9.0

Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1

9.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 11.0

11.0

Mozilla Firefox 12.0

12.0

Mozilla Firefox 12.0 beta6

12.0

Mozilla Firefox 13.0

13.0

Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1

13.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 14.0

14.0

Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1

14.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 15.0

15.0

Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1

15.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 16.0

16.0

Mozilla Firefox 16.0.1

16.0.1

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.3

10.0.3

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.4

10.0.4

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.5

10.0.5

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.6

10.0.6

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.7

10.0.7

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.8

10.0.8

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.9

10.0.9

Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.10

10.0.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1

0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2

0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3

0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4

0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5

0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6

0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7

0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1

0.7.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2

0.7.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3

0.7.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9

0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8

1.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

1.5.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4

1.5.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5

1.5.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7

1.5.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8

1.5.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9

1.5.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10

1.5.0.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12

1.5.0.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.13

1.5.0.13

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14

1.5.0.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0

2.0.0.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21

2.0.0.21

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22

2.0.0.22

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23

2.0.0.23

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0

3.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1

3.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2

3.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3

3.0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4

3.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5

3.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6

3.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7

3.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8

3.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9

3.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10

3.0.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11

3.0.11

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1

3.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1

3.1.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2

3.1.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3

3.1.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4

3.1.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5

3.1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6

3.1.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7

3.1.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8

3.1.8

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9

3.1.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10

3.1.10

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11

3.1.11

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12

3.1.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13

3.1.13

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14

3.1.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15

3.1.15

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16

3.1.16

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17

3.1.17

Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0

5.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0

6.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1

6.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2

6.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0

7.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1

7.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0

8.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0

9.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0.1

9.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0

11.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0.1

11.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0

12.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0.1

12.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0

13.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1

13.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0

14.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0

15.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0.1

15.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0

10.0

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.1

10.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.2

10.0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.3

10.0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.4

10.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.5

10.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.6

10.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.7

10.0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.8

10.0.8

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.9

10.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird Extended Support Release (ESR) 10.0.10

10.0.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 RC2

2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.1

2.0.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.2

2.0.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.3

2.0.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4

2.0.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5

2.0.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.6

2.0.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.7

2.0.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.8

2.0.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9

2.0.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.10

2.0.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.11

2.0.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.12

2.0.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.13

2.0.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.14

2.0.14

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 alpha3

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 3

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Release Candidate 1

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Release Candidate 2

2.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 1

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 2

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2 Beta 3

2.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta1

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta 2

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta 3

2.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.1

2.3.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.2

2.3.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3.3

2.3.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 1

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 2

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 3

2.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4.1

2.4.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 1

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 2

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 3

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 4

2.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 1

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 2

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 3

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 4

2.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6.1

2.6.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 1

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 2

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 3

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 4

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7 Beta 5

2.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.1

2.7.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.2

2.7.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 1

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 2

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 3

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 4

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 5

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8 Beta 6

2.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 1

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 2

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 Beta 3

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9 beta4

2.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.9.1

2.9.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta1

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta2

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 beta3

2.10

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10.1

2.10.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta1

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta2

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta3

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta4

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta5

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 beta6

2.11

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta1

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta2

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta3

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta4

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta5

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12 beta6

2.12

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12.1

2.12.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta1

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta2

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta3

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta4

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta5

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13 beta6

2.13

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.13.1

2.13.1

Mozilla Seamonkey 2.13.2

2.13.2

Mozilla Seamonkey 2.14 beta1

2.14

Mozilla Seamonkey 2.14 beta2

2.14

Mozilla Seamonkey 2.14 beta3

2.14

Mozilla Seamonkey 2.14 beta4

2.14

References

SUSE-SU-2012:1592

openSUSE-SU-2013:0175

openSUSE-SU-2012:1583

openSUSE-SU-2012:1585

openSUSE-SU-2012:1586

RHSA-2012:1482

RHSA-2012:1483

51359

51360

51369

51370

51381

51434

51439

51440

MDVSA-2012:173

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html

Vendor Advisory

56629

USN-1636-1

USN-1638-1

USN-1638-2

USN-1638-3

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792405

firefox-toplocation-xss(80181)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16880

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