CVE-2019-9970

Published Mar 24, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Open Whisper Signal (aka Signal-Desktop) through 1.23.1 and the Signal Private Messenger application through 4.35.3 for Android are vulnerable to an IDN homograph attack when displaying messages containing URLs. This occurs because the application produces a clickable link even if (for example) Latin and Cyrillic characters exist in the same domain name, and the available font has an identical representation of characters from different alphabets.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19324 Open Whisper Signal (aka Signal-Desktop) through 1.23.1 and the Signal Private Messenger application through 4.35.3 for Android are vulnerable to an IDN homograph attack when displaying messages containing URLs. This occurs because the application produces a clickable link even if (for example) Latin and Cyrillic characters exist in the same domain name, and the available font has an identical representation of characters from different alphabets.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:10 PM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 24, 2019, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:44 AM