CVE-2018-5117

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-06-11
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-rightalignment, 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2018-0122	2018-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2018-0262	2018-02-01
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2018-0122	2018-01-24
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2018-0262	2018-02-01