CVE-2019-12290

Published Oct 22, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3931 GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4168-1 Libidn2 vulnerabilities
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 6:49 AM
Reserved
May 22, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 22, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 7:16 AM