CVE-2017-7825
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:12
Severity ?
Summary
Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an 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 < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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