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Critical
CVE-2012-4210
The Style Inspector in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
The Style Inspector in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 does not properly restrict the context of HTML markup and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted stylesheet.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80182
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56646
- http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16833
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796866
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.10, 0.10.1, 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, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, 1.5.0.4, 1.5.0.5, 1.5.0.6, 1.5.0.7, 1.5.0.8, 1.5.0.9, 1.5.0.10, 1.5.0.11, 1.5.0.12, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.8, 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3, 2.0.0.4, 2.0.0.5, 2.0.0.6, 2.0.0.7, 2.0.0.8, 2.0.0.9, 2.0.0.10, 2.0.0.11, 2.0.0.12, 2.0.0.13, 2.0.0.14, 2.0.0.15, 2.0.0.16, 2.0.0.17, 2.0.0.18, 2.0.0.19, 2.0.0.20, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9, 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, 3.6.13, 3.6.14, 3.6.15, 3.6.16, 3.6.17, 3.6.18, 3.6.19, 3.6.20, 3.6.21, 3.6.22, 3.6.23, 3.6.24, 3.6.25, 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, 12.0, 13.0, 13.0.1, 14.0, 14.0.1, 15.0, 15.0.1, 16.0, 16.0.1, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5, 10.0.6, 10.0.7, 10.0.8, 10.0.9, 10.0.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 21st, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.