CVE-2012-4209

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 21, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-4209: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix