VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-4208

CVE-2012-4208

Description

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not consider the compartment during property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended chrome-only restrictions on reading DOM object properties via a crafted web site.

Affected products

17
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <17.0
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <2.14
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <17.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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