CVE-2012-4193
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 omit a security check in the defaultValue function during the unwrapping of security wrappers, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object, or execute arbitrary JavaScript code, via a crafted web site.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.16%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 66
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (12)
Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxMozilla — FirefoxMozilla — SeamonkeyMozilla — ThunderbirdMozilla — Thunderbird ESRRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux WorkstationSuse — Linux Enterprise DesktopSuse — Linux Enterprise ServerSuse — Linux Enterprise Software Development KIT
CWEs
- CWE-346
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1361.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1362.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50906
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50907
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50964
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720619
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79211
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16786
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720619
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79211
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16786
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