CVE-2012-0471

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a multibyte character set.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.72% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715319
http://secunia.com/advisories/48922 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-24.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16961 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53219 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0471?
CVE-2012-0471 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0471?
To fix CVE-2012-0471, 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-2012-0471 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-0471 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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