CVE-2012-4199

template/en/default/bug/field-events.js.tmpl in Bugzilla 3.x before 3.6.12, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1 generates JavaScript function calls containing private product names or private component names in certain circumstances involving custom-field visibility control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTML source code.

Published: 2012-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4199 is rated Low Risk (37.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.96%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4199

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 2026-06-15 0.32% 0.96% +0.64%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.32% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.38%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4199

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-2012-4199

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4199

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2012-4199 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4199

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4199

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla <= 3.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.4.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4199

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