Description
Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue to CVE-2012-4193.
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.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.html
- 50904 third-party-advisory
- 50984 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17095 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799952
- USN-1608-1 vendor-advisory
- 55318 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:1351 vendor-advisory
- mozilla-sop-security-bypass(79210) vdb-entry
- 50929 third-party-advisory
- USN-1611-1 vendor-advisory
- http://www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/