CVE-2012-1964
The certificate-warning functionality in browser/components/certerror/content/aboutCertError.xhtml in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 does not properly handle attempted clickjacking of the about:certerror page, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trick users into adding an unintended exception via an IFRAME element.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.9% (60th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1973)
- Published
- July 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1973 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
- http://osvdb.org/84011
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-54.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54581
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633691
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16783
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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