CVE-2017-5383

Mozilla: Location bar spoofing with unicode characters (MFSA 2017-02)

Published Jun 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks in the location bar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-800-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-896-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3771-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3832-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14487 URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks in the location bar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3165-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3175-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr