High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-5822
CVE-2012-5822
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 products
1- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:zamboni:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfnvdExploit
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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