CVE-2013-1699
Firefox < 21.0 - Address Bar Spoofing via IDN Homograph Characters
Title source: llmDescription
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) display algorithm in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 does not properly handle the .com, .name, and .net top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-61.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17296
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=840882
Scores
EPSS
0.0208
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-310
Status
published
Products (6)
mozilla/firefox
19.0
mozilla/firefox
19.0.1
mozilla/firefox
19.0.2
mozilla/firefox
20.0
mozilla/firefox
20.0.1
mozilla/firefox
< 21.0
Published
Jun 26, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026