CVE-2018-5121 (GCVE-0-2018-5121)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 05:26
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- OS X Tibetan characters render incompletely in the addressbar
Summary
Low descenders on some Tibetan characters in several fonts on OS X are clipped when rendered in the addressbar. When used as part of an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
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