CVE-2012-3993

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 properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue.

• CWE-269

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/86111Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56119Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16718Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/86111Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56119Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16718Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 10, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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