CVE-2018-5117

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• URL spoofing with right-to-left text aligned left-to-right

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102

References

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102

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