UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5883

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5883

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5883.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5883

Upstream

CVE-2012-5883

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:48Z

Published

2012-11-16T12:24:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:31:03.533040Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.8.0 through 2.9.0, as used in Bugzilla 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to swfstore.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4209.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / yui

Package

Name: yui
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yui@2.9.0.dfsg.0.1-0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.9.0.dfsg.0.1-0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.0.dfsg.0.1-0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjs-yui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.0.dfsg.0.1-0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjs-yui-doc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5883.json"