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.
2018-06-11T21:29:11.107
2024-11-21T03:32:44.680
Modified
CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
Application | mozilla | firefox | < 56.0 | Yes |
Application | mozilla | firefox_esr | < 52.4.0 | Yes |
Application | mozilla | thunderbird | < 52.4.0 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | * | No |