medium5.3
CVE-2017-7825
Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace.
Impact
Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 7.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 52.4.0 before 56.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 52.4.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/