Characters from the "Canadian Syllabics" unicode block can be mixed with characters from other unicode blocks in the addressbar instead of being rendered as their raw "punycode" form, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks through character confusion. The current Unicode standard allows characters from "Aspirational Use Scripts" such as Canadian Syllabics to be mixed with Latin characters in the "moderately restrictive" IDN profile. We have changed Firefox behavior to match the upcoming Unicode version 10.0 which removes this category and treats them as "Limited Use Scripts.". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1364283 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/tr31-26.html#Aspirational_Use_Scripts | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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Information
Published : 2018-06-11 14:29
Updated : 2018-08-13 12:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-7764
Mitre link : CVE-2017-7764
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
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Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
- firefox_esr
- thunderbird
debian
- debian_linux