XSS in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-5841
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 implement cross-origin wrappers with a filtering behavior that does not properly restrict write actions, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird_esr
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- Opensuse — versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 6.3
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-5841?
- CVE-2012-5841 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-11-21.
- Is CVE-2012-5841 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.