CVE-2012-1968

Bugzilla 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 and 4.3.x before 4.3.2 uses bug-editor privileges instead of bugmail-recipient privileges during construction of HTML bugmail documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive description information by reading the tooltip portions of an HTML e-mail message.

Published: 2012-07-30 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1968 is rated Low Risk (34.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1968

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.44% 0.28% -0.16%
2 2025-03-29 0.28% 0.44% +0.16%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1968

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1968

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1968 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1968

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