CVE-2012-4208

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not consider the compartment during property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended chrome-only restrictions on reading DOM object properties via a crafted web site.

• CWE-200

• 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://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.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-99.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56627Third 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=798264Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16695Third 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://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.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-99.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56627Third 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=798264Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16695Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 21, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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