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title: "CVE-2012-5882\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5882

Publication date 16 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component
infrastructure in YUI 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to uploader.swf, a similar
issue to CVE-2010-4208.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5882?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| maas | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 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 in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| yui | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

maas uses an embedded copy of yui 3.4.1 in 12.04 and portions of
yui3 in 12.10 and higher
per upstream, yui3 not affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5882)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5882)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5882)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5882)

### Other references

* <http://yuilibrary.com/support/20121030-vulnerability/>
* <http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/11/05/post-mortem-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/>
* <http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/10/30/security-announcement-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5882>