CVE - CVE-2012-1957

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1957	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:54583 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54583 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-47.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750096 OSVDB:84000 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/84000~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16844 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16844 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1088 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html SECTRACK:1027256 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256 SECTRACK:1027257 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257 SECTRACK:1027258 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258 SECUNIA:49965 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49965 SECUNIA:49968 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49968 SECUNIA:49972 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49972 SECUNIA:49977 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49977 SECUNIA:49979 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49979 SECUNIA:49992 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49992 SECUNIA:49993 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49993 SECUNIA:49994 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49994 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0895 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0896 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0899 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0917 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html UBUNTU:USN-1509-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1 UBUNTU:USN-1509-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2 UBUNTU:USN-1510-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120330	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120330)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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