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CVE-2012-0956

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu before 58.2, during installation, allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and read arbitrary files via a crafted attribute in the <a> tag of a Twitter feed.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
1.2% (68th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0979)
Published
September 28, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0979 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  • ubiquity slideshow team / ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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