CVE-2012-1964

N/A Unknown
Published: July 18, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/84011
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-54.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54581
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633691
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16783
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/84011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-54.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633691
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16783
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
55th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla