CVE-2012-4184

Firefox < 16.0 - Remote Code Execution via Chrome Object Wrapper Prototype Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/86113
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0110
EPSS Percentile 78.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (20)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
mozilla/firefox < 10.0.8
mozilla/seamonkey < 2.13
mozilla/thunderbird < 16.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr < 10.0.8
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
... and 10 more
Published Oct 10, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026