CVE-2012-4196
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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.29% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/thunderbird esr · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51121Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51123Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51127Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51144Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51146Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51147Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51165Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56306Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802557Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16962Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51121Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51123Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51127Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51144Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51146Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51147Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51165Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.