medium5.3
CVE-2018-5121
Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar.
Impact
Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar. When used as part of an Internationalized Domain Name (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 < 58.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 57.0.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402368
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402368
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/