Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2009-1834
Visual truncation vulnerability in netwerk/dns/src/nsIDNService.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via an IDN with invalid Unicode characters that are displayed as whitespace, as demonstrated by the \u115A through \u115E characters.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35388 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10436 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 (vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-25.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35431 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35331 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35468 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35439 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)