CVE-2018-5117 (GCVE-0-2018-5117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • URL spoofing with right-to-left text aligned left-to-right
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 546 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 52.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 52.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 58 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-01-23 00:00
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