Vulnerability CVE-2017-7825: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (5.3) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Published: June 12, 2018
Modified: Aug. 6, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*