CVE-2018-5117

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-06-11

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.

See more information about CVE-2018-5117 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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

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