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CVE-2012-4198: mozilla bugzilla

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4198 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in mozilla bugzilla. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The User.get method in Bugzilla/WebService/User.pm in Bugzilla 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1 has a different outcome for a groups request depending on whether a group exists, which allows remote authenticated users to discover private group names by observing whether a call throws an error.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.87% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • bugzilla3.7 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.3 | 4.0 | 4.0:rc1 | 4.0:rc2 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.2 | 4.2:rc1 | 4.2:rc2 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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