Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,52.4.0)(52.4.0,56.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379029
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7825  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 52.4.0, 56.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

CVSS Scores

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