CVE-2013-5612 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5612?

CVE-2013-5612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 makes it easier for remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging a Same Origin Policy violation triggered by lack of a charset parameter in a Content-Type HTTP header.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5612?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5612?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2013-5612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f85h-xqx2-v9xg.