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.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1153-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16800 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.
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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Apple Mac Os X
Debian Debian Linux
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.365Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7825

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:11.107

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2017-7825

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7825 - Bugzilla

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