CVE-2012-0844
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
CVE-2012-0844- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
CVE-2012-0844- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0869 No score
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
EUVD-2012-0869- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qh56-pqrv-3qfp No score
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
GHSA-qh56-pqrv-3qfp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
CVE-2012-0844- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0844
Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0844- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-0844 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Netsurf, published February 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in netsurf 2.8-2.