UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5117

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5117

    Published: 23 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5117

    Summary:

    Details: If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5117, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3544-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3529-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5117

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    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