MEDIUM
Mozilla: Fixes for Location object issues (MFSA 2012-90)
Published Oct 29, 2012
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.29%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.2 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- < 16.0.2
- ≥ 10.0 · < 10.0.10
- < 2.13.2
- < 16.0.2
- ≥ 10.0 · < 10.0.10
Configuration 2
OR
- 11.4
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 10
- 11
Configuration 3
OR
- 10.04
- 11.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 12.10
Configuration 4
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.3
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1407
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1413
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1407
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1407
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1413
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1407
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1407 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1413 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1407 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1407 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1413 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1407 |
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.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.29% 0.03287
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03287
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.29% (0.03287) | 88.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.29% (0.03287) | 86.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00692) | 69.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.30% (0.02300) | 74.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00692) | 70.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00665) | 80.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00703) | 79.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00703) | 77.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00525) | 73.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (22)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51121 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51123 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51127 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51146 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51147 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51165 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56306 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4196 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802557 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869893 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4196
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16962 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4196
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51121 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51123 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51127 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51144 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51146 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51147 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51165 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56306 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4196 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802557 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869893 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4196 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16962 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4196 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 29, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 8, 2012
Link CVE-2012-4196
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a