CVE-2018-5121

Published Jun 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar. When used as part of an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16907 Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar. When used as part of an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:26 AM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 11, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:59 AM