CVE-2005-0238

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    CVE-2005-0238

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.

    References: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461, http://www.shmoo.com/idn, http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html, http://www.shmoo.com/idn, http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461, http://www.shmoo.com/idn, http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High