Mozilla: Page load short-circuit can lead to XSS (MFSA 2012-27)
Published Apr 25, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.89%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the docshell implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to short-circuited page loads, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 11.0
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 11.0
Configuration 4
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
Configuration 5
- ≤ 2.9
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0516
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0516
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0515
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0516 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0516 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0515 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01893) | 78.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01906) | 76.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00685) | 69.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 72.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 70.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 67.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48972 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49047 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-27.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53228 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0474 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687745 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737307 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815024 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0474
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16107 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0474
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.