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CVE-2012-4207 (GCVE-0-2012-4207)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-21 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The HZ-GB-2312 character-set implementation in 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 does not properly handle a ~ (tilde) character in proximity to a chunk delimiter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=801681 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2012-11-20 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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