CVE-2012-0479
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-0479 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-04-25 10:10:17 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 10.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta10 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta11 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta12 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta7 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta8 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta9 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 6.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 7.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 8.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 9.0.1 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| mandriva.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2464-2 icedove | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Security Advisory SA48922 - Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 714631 – (CVE-2012-0479) Redirect to an HTTPS resource that returns an Atom/RSS content type with an invalid body causes the site identity block to show the resource's identity for the source's content | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2457-2 iceweasel | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| MFSA 2012-33: Potential site identity spoofing when loading RSS and Atom feeds | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Advisory SA48920 - Debian update for iceape - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2458-2 iceape | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Site Identity Spoofing Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| www.mandriva.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.