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

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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 Jul 28, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.46%

Description

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.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.46% 0.01457

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01457

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.46% (0.01457)	72.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.46% (0.01457)	70.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.28% (0.00283)	49.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00232)	62.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00186)	55.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00174)	53.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	51.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00232)	59.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/50040
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.9/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777398
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/50040		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.9/		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777398		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 28, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Mar 30, 2012

Link CVE-2012-1968

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-1968

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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