CVE-2013-1699

high

Description

The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) display algorithm in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 does not properly handle the .com, .name, and .net top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17296

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=840882

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-61.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-06-26

Updated: 2017-09-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High