CVE-2012-4184

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 prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

• CWE-79

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/86113Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third 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/56120Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/86113Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third 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/56120Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 10, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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