CVE-2017-5383

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    CVE-2017-5383

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323338, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1324716

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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