If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1256-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1262-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4096-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4102-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16903 If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3529-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3544-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.943Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5117

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:13.577

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:08.643

Link: CVE-2018-5117

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5117 - Bugzilla

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