CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7825
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 7.0
• mozilla firefox (< 52.4.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 56.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.4.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/ Vendor Advisory