Description
Punycode format text will be displayed for entire qualified international domain names in some instances when a sub-domain triggers the punycode display instead of the primary domain being displayed in native script and the sub-domain only displaying as punycode. This could be used for limited spoofing attacks due to user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16813 Punycode format text will be displayed for entire qualified international domain names in some instances when a sub-domain triggers the punycode display instead of the primary domain being displayed in native script and the sub-domain only displaying as punycode. This could be used for limited spoofing attacks due to user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3477-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:27.715Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-7838

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:11.733

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:46.413

Link: CVE-2017-7838

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