CVE-2012-5837

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The Web Developer Toolbar in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 executes script with chrome privileges, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	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	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
thunderbird	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	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	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

Notes

jdstrand

xulrunner-1.9.2 unmaintained upstream (see README.mozilla for details)

micahg

Firefox only per MFSA

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1638-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
21 November 2012