01 Record

CVE-2012-4184

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 78.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-10-10 17:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 20:28Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-08-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c3a6126fa8c5ae0d3e627b4dc82ac1ebef7bf230daca3621a0c0cf455deeb804

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

mozillafirefoxNot specified—

mozillaseamonkeyNot specified—

mozillathunderbirdNot specified—

mozillathunderbird_esrNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_sdkNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com50904http://secunia.com/advisories/50904third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com50984http://secunia.com/advisories/50984third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
osvdb.org86113http://osvdb.org/86113vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
secunia.com50892http://secunia.com/advisories/50892third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1351http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
secunia.com55318http://secunia.com/advisories/55318third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780370x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1351http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:163http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16946https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16946vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.securityfocus.com56120http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56120vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-cow-xss(79154)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79154vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.ubuntu.comUSN-1611-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU