CVE-2012-0475
Mozilla Firefox 4.x-11.0 and Thunderbird 5.0-11.0 - Origin Header Bypass via IPv6 Literal ACL
Title source: llmDescription
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 do not properly construct the Origin and Sec-WebSocket-Origin HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass an IPv6 literal ACL via a cross-site (1) XMLHttpRequest or (2) WebSocket operation involving a nonstandard port number and an IPv6 address that contains certain zero fields.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75153
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16279
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694576
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53230
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-28.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0186
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (34)
mozilla/firefox
4.0 (13 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox
4.0.1
mozilla/firefox
5.0
mozilla/firefox
5.0.1
mozilla/firefox
6.0
mozilla/firefox
6.0.1
mozilla/firefox
6.0.2
mozilla/firefox
7.0
mozilla/firefox
7.0.1
mozilla/firefox
8.0
... and 24 more
Published
Apr 25, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026