CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5117
5.3 MEDIUM
Official page ↗
- 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
Description
If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla firefox (< 58.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 52.6.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.6.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/ Vendor Advisory