URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks in the location bar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-800-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-896-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3771-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3832-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14487 URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks in the location bar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3165-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3175-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.810Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5383

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:03.170

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:29.660

Link: CVE-2017-5383

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5383 - Bugzilla

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