medium4.3
CVE-2012-1957
An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x bef…
Impact
An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | Versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | Versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird Esr | Versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | through 2.10 Versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
- http://osvdb.org/84000
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-47.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750096
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16844
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html