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MFSA2012-89 Firefox: defaultValue security checks not applied (CVE-2012-4192)

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MFSA2012-89 Firefox: defaultValue security checks not applied (CVE-2012-4192)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/12/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/16/2012
Modified
04/05/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-10_0_9
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-16_0_1

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