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CVE-2012-4184

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…

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 prevent access to properties of a prototype for a standard class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
before 10.0.8
before 16.0
MozillaThunderbird Esr
before 10.0.8
MozillaThunderbird
before 16.0
MozillaSeamonkey
before 2.13
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Versions 5.0, 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Eus
Version 6.3
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 5.0, 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Versions 5.0, 6.0
SuseLinux Enterprise Desktop
Versions 10, 11
SuseLinux Enterprise Sdk
Version 10
SuseLinux Enterprise Server
Versions 10, 11

Weakness classification

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