4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-0479
Mozilla Firefox SSL Spoofing Address Bar Vulnerability
Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allow remote attackers to spoof the address bar via an https URL for invalid (1) RSS or (2) Atom XML content.

INFO

Published Date :

April 25, 2012, 10:10 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:35 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0479 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
4 Mozilla seamonkey
5 Mozilla thunderbird_esr
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-0479.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920
http://secunia.com/advisories/48922
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-33.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53224
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714631
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75156
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17011
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920
http://secunia.com/advisories/48922
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-33.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53224
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714631
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75156
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17011

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0479 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0479 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48920
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48922
    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.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-33.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53224
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714631
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75156
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17011
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75156 [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:17011 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17011 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0479 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-2012-0479 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.78 }} -1.60%

score

0.71350

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability