CVE-2012-0458

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a URL to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: URL that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.20% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-16.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52460 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/48414 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48823 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723808 patch vendor advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15122 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718203 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719994 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2433 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/48495 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/48513 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0458?
CVE-2012-0458 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0458?
To fix CVE-2012-0458, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0458 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0458 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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