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 SeaMonke
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 do not prevent use of the valueOf method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.
- Published
- Oct 29, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.8% · 86th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox |
| mozilla | seamonkey | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey |
| mozilla | thunderbird | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird |
| mozilla | thunderbird esr | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr |
| opensuse | opensuse | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse |
| suse | linux enterprise desktop | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop |
| suse | linux enterprise server | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server |
| suse | linux enterprise software development kit | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit |
| canonical | ubuntu linux | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux eus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server |
and 1 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- canonical ubuntu linux10.04
- canonical ubuntu linux11.04
- canonical ubuntu linux11.10
- canonical ubuntu linux12.04
- canonical ubuntu linux12.10
- mozilla firefoxbefore 16.0.2
- mozilla firefox10.0 and later · before 10.0.10
- mozilla seamonkeybefore 2.13.2
- mozilla thunderbirdbefore 16.0.2
- mozilla thunderbird esr10.0 and later · before 10.0.10
- opensuse opensuse11.4
- opensuse opensuse12.1
- opensuse opensuse12.2
- redhat enterprise linux desktop5.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
- redhat enterprise linux eus6.3
- redhat enterprise linux server6.0
- redhat enterprise linux server7.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation5.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | firefox | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | firefox-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | thunderbird | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | xulrunner | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | xulrunner-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | xulrunner-devel | before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | thunderbird | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | xulrunner | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | xulrunner-debuginfo | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | xulrunner-devel | before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 | 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3 |
Same product
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- CVE-2019-11708Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxeKEV87Now
- CVE-2015-4495The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypassKEV86Now
- CVE-2013-1690Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properKEV86Now
- CVE-2019-17026Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion.KEV79This week
- CVE-2024-9680An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines.KEV76This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:firefox | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:firefox-debuginfo | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:xulrunner | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:xulrunner-debuginfo | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:xulrunner-devel | 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/51121
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00019.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00025.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1407.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1413.html
- secunia.com/advisories/51123
- secunia.com/advisories/51127
- secunia.com/advisories/51144
- secunia.com/advisories/51146
- secunia.com/advisories/51147
- secunia.com/advisories/51165
- secunia.com/advisories/55318
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56301
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-1
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1620-2
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16918
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.