Description
An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.
Published: 2023-10-24
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3632-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3637-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5535-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5538-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58018 An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6468-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T15:23:10.536Z

Reserved: 2023-10-23T17:22:07.478Z

Link: CVE-2023-5732

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.636Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:44.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:22.860

Link: CVE-2023-5732

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5732 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses