CVE-2012-4203

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to run arbitrary programs by leveraging a javascript: URL in a bookmark.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
seamonkey	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
thunderbird	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
xulrunner-1.9.2	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
xulrunner-2.0	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

CVE-2012-4203

Status

Notes

jdstrand

micahg

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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