GHSA-QR6H-8C8F-V3MW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:10 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:32
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Details

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.

Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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  "id": "GHSA-qr6h-8c8f-v3mw",
  "modified": "2025-11-25T18:32:06Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:10:53Z",
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      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771"
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