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CVE-2012-1957

Date: July 18, 2012

An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (28)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1957

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16844

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html

Url: http://osvdb.org/84000

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49968

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-1957

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49965

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49977

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750096

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49979

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54583

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1957

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-47.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49992

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49993

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49994

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49972

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-1957

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2012-1957

Date: July 18, 2012

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CVSS v3.1

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