CVE-2012-4194

Summary

CVE	CVE-2012-4194
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2012-10-29 18:55:01 UTC
Updated	2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Description	Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 do not prevent use of the valueOf method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

AV: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	All	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.redhat.com	Third Party Advisory
USN-1620-1: Firefox vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.ubuntu.com	Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.redhat.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	oval.cisecurity.org	Third Party Advisory
USN-1620-2: Thunderbird vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.ubuntu.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51121 - Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1426-1: important: Security update for	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1412-1: important: Mozilla Suite: U	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2012-90: Fixes for Location object issues	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.mozilla.org	Vendor Advisory
Access Denied	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugzilla.mozilla.org	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird CVE-2012-4194 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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.