Description
Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 does not properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers creation of a new tab and then a new window.
Published: 2012-08-29
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3909 Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 does not properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers creation of a new tab and then a new window.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1548-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:21:04.119Z

Reserved: 2012-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3965

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-29T10:56:40.660

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3965

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3965 - Bugzilla

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