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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-0455 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict drag-and-drop operations on javascript: URLs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web page, related to a "DragAndDropJacking" issue.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48414 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48495 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48513 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48823 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2433 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-13.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52458 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704354 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14829 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0455
NVD Published Date:
03/14/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE