CVE-2012-5822

Published: Nov 4, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

7.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 5.2

Source: NVD

Description

The contribution feature in Zamboni does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python urllib2 library.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Zamboni

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Zamboni	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Certificate Validation

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

References (4)

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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