Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.
CVE-2012-1956
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 77.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 29, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-59.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55260
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756719
- cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16367
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-59.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-1956(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | thunderbird (15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox (15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.2) @ natty | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | 2012-10-09 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 | 2012-10-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
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