CVE-2018-5121

Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar. When used as part of an Internationalized Domain Name (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 < 58.
References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402368 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 14:29

Updated : 2018-06-25 10:24


NVD link : CVE-2018-5121

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5121


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CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox

apple

  • mac_os_x