MFSA2012-68 Firefox: DOMParser loads linked resources in extensions when parsing text/html (CVE-2012-3975)
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
08/29/2012
07/25/2018
08/30/2012
04/05/2017
Description
The DOMParser component in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 loads subresources during parsing of text/html data within an extension, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by providing crafted data to privileged extension code.
Solution(s)
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-15_0
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