Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:52463

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 52463
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-0451
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 13 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:35AM
Credit: Mike Brooks
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE openSUSE 11.4
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 6
Mozilla Thunderbird 6
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1b2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.14
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.13
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.12
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.10
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Rc2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Rc1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 9.0
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 8.0
Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 7
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 6.0
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 10.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.2
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.1
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.0.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 11.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 11.0

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird are prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

Attackers can leverage this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox 11.0
Firefox ESR 10.0.3
Thunderbird 11.0
Thunderbird ESR 10.0.3
SeaMonkey 2.8

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report