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Unscored CVE-2012-4184 EUVD-2012-4128GHSA-j9vm-hppw-gg7g

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thu…

Published Oct 10, 2012 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 firefox +3 10.0.8-1.el6_3 RHSA-2012:1351, RHSA-2012:1350
RHEL 5 firefox +3 10.0.8-1.el5_8 RHSA-2012:1351, RHSA-2012:1350
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 thunderbird 10.0.8-1.el5_8 RHSA-2012:1351

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 50.1.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 45.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Advisories 4

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