CVE-2012-1965: mozilla firefox Cross-site Scripting
CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 18-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-1965 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
2.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 18-07-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionMedium 4.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
2.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.21% on 20-09-2026
20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score2.21%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mozilla1 product
- firefox4.0 | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta10 | 4.0:beta11 | 4.0:beta12 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0:beta5 | 4.0:beta6 | 4.0:beta7 | 4.0:beta8 | 4.0:beta9 | 4.0.1 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 7.0 | 7.0.1 | 8.0 | 8.0.1 | 9.0 | 9.0.1 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0:beta6 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2 | 10.0.3 | 10.0.4 | 10.0.5
1 vendor · 1 product
References
16 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758990X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17001VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL