CVE-2012-1956

N/A Unknown
Published: August 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-59.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55260
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756719
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16367
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-59.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756719
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16367
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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