CVE - CVE-2012-3978

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3978	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The nsLocation::CheckURL function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 does not properly follow the security model of the location object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended content-loading restrictions or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving chrome code.
References
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BID:55306 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55306 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-70.html CONFIRM:http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770429 DEBIAN:DSA-2553 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 DEBIAN:DSA-2554 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554 DEBIAN:DSA-2556 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16923 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16923 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1210 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1211 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1157 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1167 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1065 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html UBUNTU:USN-1548-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 UBUNTU:USN-1548-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120711	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 (20120711)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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