Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 6.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly enforce the IPv6 literal address syntax, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by making XMLHttpRequest calls through a proxy and reading the error messages.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504014
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14814
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504014
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14814
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 1, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified