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CVE-2012-4196 json

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonk…

published 2012-10-29 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4140

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 10.0.10, 16.0.2
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.13.2
  • mozilla thunderbird 16.0.2
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.10
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 10.0.10-1.el5_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.10-1.el6_3
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.10-1.el5_8
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.10-1.el6_3
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.10-1.el5_8
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.10-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1413RHSA-2012:1407

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4196 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Fixes for Location object issues (MFSA 2012-90)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.10-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 10.0.10-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el5_8, thunderbird 10.0.10-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.10-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.10-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.10-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.10-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el6_3 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 10.0.10-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1407
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.10-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1413

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Exploit prediction

3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802557 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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