CVE-2012-1964
The certificate-warning functionality in browser/components/certerror/content/aboutCertError.xhtml in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0,…
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The certificate-warning functionality in browser/components/certerror/content/aboutCertError.xhtml in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 does not properly handle attempted clickjacking of the about:certerror page, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trick users into adding an unintended exception via an IFRAME element.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 40% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- 49977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633691 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1509-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 49979 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:0895 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 49965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:0896 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 49994 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0899 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1509-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-54.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 84011 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 49972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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