CVE-2012-4201

The evalInSandbox implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 uses an incorrect context during the handling of JavaScript code that sets the location.href property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or read arbitrary files by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.

• CWE-79

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/87594Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747607Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80171Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15995Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/87594Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747607Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80171Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15995Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 21, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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