CVE-2005-0233

N/A Unknown
Published: February 08, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Tool Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Tool Signature
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Tool Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Tool Signature

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.6%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

opera mozilla opera_software omnigroup