CVE-2012-1959

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 do not consider the presence of same-compartment security wrappers (SCSW) during the cross-compartment wrapping of objects, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended XBL access restrictions via crafted content.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.70% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754044
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/84002 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737559
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-49.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16920 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54576 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1959?
CVE-2012-1959 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1959?
To fix CVE-2012-1959, 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-2012-1959 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1959 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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