CVE-2012-4194 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw allowed remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks by leveraging the valueOf method to shadow the window.location object, particularly in conjunction with plugins. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity and could lead to information disclosure (partial impact) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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