CVE-2012-3976

N/A Unknown
Published: August 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not properly handle onLocationChange events during navigation between different https sites, which allows remote attackers to spoof the X.509 certificate information in the address bar via a crafted web page.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

mozilla canonical opensuse redhat suse

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