NVD

CVE-2012-4184 Detail

Modified

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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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/86113	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/86113	Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:42:21 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Added	Reference	http://osvdb.org/86113
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/13/2020 2:32:37 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-79
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-264
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.7:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 16.0
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 6112 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.13
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 8010 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:moz	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 16.0
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.7:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.8
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 5845 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:::::	Record truncated, showing 500 of 704 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.8
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::vmware::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://osvdb.org/86113 No Types Assigned	http://osvdb.org/86113 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4184
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2012-4184 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:42:21 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/21/2024 9:55:03 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:45:52 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/13/2020 2:32:37 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/18/2017 9:35:18 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/28/2017 9:32:11 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 10/11/2012 11:27:00 AM

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