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MFSA2011-08 SeaMonkey: ParanoidFragmentSink allows javascript: URLs in chrome documents (CVE-2010-1585)

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MFSA2011-08 SeaMonkey: ParanoidFragmentSink allows javascript: URLs in chrome documents (CVE-2010-1585)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/28/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
07/22/2012

Description

The nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment method in the ParanoidFragmentSink protection mechanism in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 does not properly sanitize HTML in a chrome document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension, as demonstrated by a javascript:alert sequence in (1) the HREF attribute of an A element or (2) the ACTION attribute of a FORM element.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-2_0_12

References

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