CVE-2012-0479

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.78% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0479?: CVE-2012-0479 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0479?: To fix CVE-2012-0479, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0479 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-0479 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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