CVE-2012-4209

Mozilla: Frames can shadow top.location (MFSA 2012-103)

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

Mozilla Firefox anterior a v17.0, Firefox ESR v10.x anterior a v10.0.11, Thunderbird anterior a v17.0, Thunderbird ESR v10.x anterior a v10.0.11, y SeaMonkey anterior a v2.14 no previene el uso del valor del nombre de atributo de marco "top" para acceder a la localización correctamente, lo que hace mas fácil para atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques XSS mediante vectores que comprenden un plugin binario.

USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while rendering GIF format images. An attacker could exploit this to possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-08 CVE Reserved
2012-11-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-05-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56629	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80181	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16880	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792405	2020-08-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html	2020-08-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html	2020-08-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html	2020-08-13
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173	2020-08-13
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3	2020-08-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4209	2012-11-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877632	2012-11-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				>= 10.0 < 10.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 10.0 < 10.0.11"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				>= 10.0 < 10.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version " >= 10.0 < 10.0.11"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.4 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.4"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.2"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "11"		sp2		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp2		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp2, vmware		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "11"		sp2		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				11.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected