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MFSA2012-72 Thunderbird: Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code (CVE-2012-3980)

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MFSA2012-72 Thunderbird: Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code (CVE-2012-3980)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/29/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2012
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

The web console in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that injects this code and triggers an eval operation.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-esr-upgrade-10_0_7
  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-15_0

References

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