CVE-2019-11721
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CVE-2019-11721 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. The unicode latin 'kra' character can be used to spoof a standard 'k' character in the addressbar. This allows for domain spoofing attacks as do not display as punycode text, allowing for user confusion. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The unicode latin 'kra' character can be used to spoof a standard 'k' character in the addressbar. This allows for domain spoofing attacks as do not display as punycode text, allowing for user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 68.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256009Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256009Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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