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MFSA2012-47 SeaMonkey: Improper filtering of javascript in HTML feed-view (CVE-2012-1957)

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MFSA2012-47 SeaMonkey: Improper filtering of javascript in HTML feed-view (CVE-2012-1957)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/18/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/04/2012
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-2_11_0

References

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