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CVE-2012-1965

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the...

4.3 Medium

CVE-2012-1965 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 18, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.21%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
4.3 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.21%EPSS, 82nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the security context of a feed: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a feed:javascript: URL.

Exploit likelihood

2.21%Down 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
0:10.0.6-1.el5_8
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
0:10.0.6-2.el5_8
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
0:10.0.6-1.el6_3
MozillaFirefox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 899 CVEs
before 50.1.0-1.1
50.1.0-1.1
firefox-esr
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs
before 128.5.1-1.1
128.5.1-1.1

What each source reports

NVD Score used4.3

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the security context of a feed: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a feed:javascript: URL.

Record
CVE-2012-1965
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the security context of a feed: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a feed:javascript: URL.

Record
CVE-2012-1965
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1974No score

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the security context of a feed: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a feed:javascript: URL.

Record
EUVD-2012-1974
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q7xw-4wrp-fqf4No score

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the...

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 do not properly establish the security context of a feed: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a feed:javascript: URL.

Record
GHSA-q7xw-4wrp-fqf4
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1No score

MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1No score

firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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