CVE-2012-3978
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3978 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-08-29 10:56:41 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | preview_release | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| 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 | 10.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.9 | 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 | Firefox | All | 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 |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | 10.0.6 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2556-1 icedove | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| USN-1548-2: Firefox regression | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1167-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1065-1: critical: MozillaFirefox: U | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Malformed Request | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2553-1 iceweasel | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| USN-1548-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| MFSA 2012-70: Location object security checks bypassed by chrome code | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2554-1 iceape | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_... | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.xerox.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1157-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| 770429 – (CVE-2012-3978) Bypassing security checks for nsLocation::CheckURL | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.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.