CVE-2012-0460

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict write access to the window.fullScreen object, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a crafted web page.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.80% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-18.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15114 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 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/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
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727303
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-2012-0460?
CVE-2012-0460 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0460?
To fix CVE-2012-0460, 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-2012-0460 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0460 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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