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CVE-2012-4196

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2,...

6.4 Medium

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Exploit likelihood

3.29%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.4

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Record
CVE-2012-4196
CVSS 2.0
6.4 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-74
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Record
CVE-2012-4196
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4140No score

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Record
EUVD-2012-4140
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmx4-v463-6726No score

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.2, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.10, Thunderbird before 16.0.2,...

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the Location object via a prototype property-injection attack that defeats certain protection mechanisms for this object.

Record
GHSA-wmx4-v463-6726
Weakness
CWE-74
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1No score

MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1No score

seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1No score

MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
0:10.0.10-1.el6_3
MozillaFirefox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 899 CVEs
before 50.1.0-1.1
50.1.0-1.1
MozillaThunderbird
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 560 CVEs
before 45.5.1-1.1
45.5.1-1.1

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-4196 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Mozilla Firefox, published October 29, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.29%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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