The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade xulrunnerUpgrade firefox | Dec 1, 2016 | May 16, 2013 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Dec 10, 2025 | May 15, 2013 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/seamonkey-bin.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 16, 2013 |
| Mfsa2013 42 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 17.0.6Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 21.0 | May 18, 2013 | May 16, 2013 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird ESR version 17.0.6Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 17.0.6Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird | May 18, 2013 | May 16, 2013 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade xulrunnerUpgrade firefox | Oct 16, 2024 | May 16, 2013 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 14, 2013 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xulrunner-32bitUpgrade xulrunnerUpgrade enigmailUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSEUpgrade mozilla-js-32bitUpgrade mozilla-jsUpgrade xulrunner-buildsymbolsUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-common | Feb 17, 2015 | May 16, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 8, 2024 | May 16, 2013 |
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