Description
The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not consider the compartment during property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended chrome-only restrictions on reading DOM object properties 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.
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
- USN-1638-3 vendor-advisory
- 51370 third-party-advisory
- USN-1638-2 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1586 vendor-advisory
- USN-1636-1 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0175 vendor-advisory
- 51434 third-party-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1583 vendor-advisory
- 51439 third-party-advisory
- 51440 third-party-advisory
- USN-1638-1 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:1592 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1585 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-99.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16695 vdb-entry signature
- 51381 third-party-advisory
- 56627 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798264
- 51369 third-party-advisory