CVE-2012-4210 describes a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11. This flaw in the Style Inspector allowed user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges by manipulating HTML and CSS. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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