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CVE-2012-1963 json

The Content Security Policy (CSP) functionality in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 throug…

published 2012-07-18 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1972

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Content Security Policy (CSP) functionality in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly restrict the strings placed into the blocked-uri parameter of a violation report, which allows remote web servers to capture OpenID credentials and OAuth 2.0 access tokens by triggering a violation.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 10.0.6-1.el5_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.6-1.el6_3
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.6-1.el5_8
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.6-1.el6_3
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.6-2.el5_8
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.6-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1089RHSA-2012:1088

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1963 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Content Security Policy 1.0 implementation errors cause data leakage (MFSA 2012-53)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.6-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.6-2.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 10.0.6-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.6-2.el5_8, thunderbird 10.0.6-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.6-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.6-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.6-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.6-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.6-1.el6_3 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 10.0.6-2.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1088
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.6-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1089

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Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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