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CVE-2012-3978

Date: August 29, 2012

The nsLocation::CheckURL function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 does not properly follow the security model of the location object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended content-loading restrictions or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving chrome code.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3978

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-70.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-3978

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553

Url: http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3978

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55306

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770429

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16923

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-3978

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2012-3978

Date: August 29, 2012

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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