CVE-2012-3985
N/A
Published: October 10, 2012 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
6 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly implement the HTML5 Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging initial-origin access after document.domain has been set.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.13
Affected range stops below 2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-76.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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