CVE-2017-7833

firefox: Some Arabic and Indic vowel marker characters can be combined with Latin characters in a domain name to eclipse the n...

CVE-2017-7833 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by firefox 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1, released June 11, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0144
73rd percentile

Some Arabic and Indic vowel marker characters can be combined with Latin characters in a domain name to eclipse the non-Latin character with some font sets on the addressbar. The non-Latin character will not be visible to most viewers. This allows for domain spoofing attacks because these combined domain names do not display as punycode. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 firefox 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-globalmenu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 firefox-globalmenu 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 firefox-mozsymbols 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-testsuite · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 firefox-testsuite 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018