Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-3978
The nsLocation::CheckURL function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 does not properly follow the security model of the location object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended content-loading restrictions or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving chrome code.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-70.html (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16923 (signature, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55306 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html (vendor-advisory)