CVE-2012-0475
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey WebSocket Origin Header Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 do not properly construct the Origin and Sec-WebSocket-Origin HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass an IPv6 literal ACL via a cross-site (1) XMLHttpRequest or (2) WebSocket operation involving a nonstandard port number and an IPv6 address that contains certain zero fields.
INFO
Published Date :
April 25, 2012, 10:10 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
4.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0475
vulnerability.
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CVE-2012-0475.
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CVE-2012-0475 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-0475 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48972 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49047 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-28.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53230 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694576 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75153 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16279 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75153 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16279 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16279 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0475 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0475
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.29 }} -0.43%
score
0.49551
percentile