CVE-2017-7764
MEDIUMFirefox < 54 and Firefox ESR < 52.2 - Domain Spoofing via Canadian Syllabics Unicode Mixing
Title source: llmDescription
Characters from the "Canadian Syllabics" unicode block can be mixed with characters from other unicode blocks in the addressbar instead of being rendered as their raw "punycode" form, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks through character confusion. The current Unicode standard allows characters from "Aspirational Use Scripts" such as Canadian Syllabics to be mixed with Latin characters in the "moderately restrictive" IDN profile. We have changed Firefox behavior to match the upcoming Unicode version 10.0 which removes this category and treats them as "Limited Use Scripts.". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/tr31-26.html#Aspirational_Use_Scripts
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1364283
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0103
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mozilla/firefox
< 52.2.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 52.2.0
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026