CVE-2012-1957
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-1957 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-07-18 10:26:48 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 12.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta10 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta11 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta12 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta7 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta8 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta9 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 7.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 8.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 9.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | beta_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 10.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 10.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 10.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 10.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 6.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 6.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 7.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 9.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.5 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| osvdb.org/84000 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0896-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-1509-2: ubufox update | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| USN-1510-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Advisory SA49977 - Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| USN-1509-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0917-1: important: MozillaThunderbi | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Advisory SA49968 - Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| MFSA 2012-47: Improper filtering of javascript in HTML feed-view | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0899-1: critical: MozillaFirefox to | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Security Advisory SA49979 - Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 750096 – (CVE-2012-1957) JavaScript execution via special HTML in RSS view; XSS when pasting malicious content into contenteditable | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Malformed Request | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Advisory SA49972 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0895-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.