SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5383

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.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.46%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
2.46% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.