CVE-2012-1963 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can steal OpenID and OAuth tokens by exploiting CSP violation reporting flaws in Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-1963?

CVE-2012-1963 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Content Security Policy (CSP) functionality in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly restrict the strings placed into the blocked-uri parameter of a violation report, which allows remote web servers to capture OpenID credentials and OAuth 2.0 access tokens by triggering a violation.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1963?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1963?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-1963 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1963 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-49qg-xp6c-mm46.

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