CVE-2012-0448

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.4.14, 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.8, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.4, and 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2rc2 does not reject non-ASCII characters in e-mail addresses of new user accounts, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to spoof other user accounts by choosing a similar e-mail address.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 (+157)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47814
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.13/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51784
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026623
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714472
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72877
http://secunia.com/advisories/47814
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.13/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51784
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026623
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714472
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72877

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