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CVE-2012-3993

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x be…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
Versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5
MozillaThunderbird Esr
Versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5
MozillaThunderbird
through 15.0.1
Versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4
MozillaSeamonkey
through 2.13
Versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4

Weakness classification

CWE-269

References