CVE-2012-4207

The HZ-GB-2312 character-set implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not properly handle a ~ (tilde) character in proximity to a chunk delimiter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=801681	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-101.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56632	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439	Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87587	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80179	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16955	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::vmware::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2::::::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2012-11-21 04:55

Updated : 2020-08-13 12:20

NVD link : CVE-2012-4207

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4207

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server
enterprise_linux_eus

mozilla

firefox_esr
thunderbird
firefox
seamonkey
thunderbird_esr

suse

linux_enterprise_desktop
linux_enterprise_server
linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

canonical

ubuntu_linux

debian

debian_linux

opensuse

opensuse

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