Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4192
CVE-2012-4192
Description
Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue to CVE-2012-4193.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =16.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =16.0
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/nvdExploit
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50904nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50929nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50984nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/55318nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79210nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17095nvd
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