CVE-2012-0956

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Published 2012-09-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu before 58.2, during installation, allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and read arbitrary files via a crafted attribute in the <a> tag of a Twitter feed.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1561-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu{"endIncluding":"58.1"}
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu49
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu52
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu53
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu54
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu55
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu56
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu57
ubiquity_slideshow_teamubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu58

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.