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CVE-2017-7764

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CVE-2017-7764

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Characters from the "Canadian Syllabics" unicode block can be mixed with characters from other unicode blocks in the addressbar instead of being rendered as their raw "punycode" form, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks through character confusion. The current Unicode standard allows characters from "Aspirational Use Scripts" such as Canadian Syllabics to be mixed with Latin characters in the "moderately restrictive" IDN profile. We have changed Firefox behavior to match the upcoming Unicode version 10.0 which removes this category and treats them as "Limited Use Scripts.". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 54

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

affected
unspecified - < 52.2

Mozilla

Thunderbird

affected
unspecified - < 52.2

References

99057
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-3918
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1038689
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
DSA-3881
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2017:1440
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:1561
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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