Description
Visual truncation vulnerability in netwerk/dns/src/nsIDNService.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via an IDN with invalid Unicode characters that are displayed as whitespace, as demonstrated by the \u115A through \u115E characters.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://osvdb.org/55162
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35439Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-25.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479413Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10436
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
- http://osvdb.org/55162
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35439Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-25.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479413Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10436
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 12, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified