Some Arabic and Indic vowel marker characters can be combined with Latin characters in a domain name to eclipse the non-Latin character with some font sets on the addressbar. The non-Latin character will not be visible to most viewers. This allows for domain spoofing attacks because these combined domain names do not display as punycode. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade firefox | Nov 14, 2017 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 24 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 57.0 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-common | May 20, 2018 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Nov 16, 2017 | Nov 14, 2017 |
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