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CVE-2018-5117
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…
Medium5.3EPSS 2.3%
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- mozilla
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- URL spoofing with right-to-left text aligned left-to-right
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.6
- affected unspecified – < 52.6
- affected unspecified – < 58
References (13)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040270 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1262-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 102783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-4096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3544-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180124 [SECURITY] [DLA 1256-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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