CVE-2019-12278
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CVE-2019-12278 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.3/10 on the CVSS scale. Opera through 53 on Android allows Address Bar Spoofing. Characters from several languages are displayed in Right-to-Left order, due to mishandling of several Unicode characters. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Opera through 53 on Android allows Address Bar Spoofing. Characters from several languages are displayed in Right-to-Left order, due to mishandling of several Unicode characters. The rendering mechanism, in conjunction with the "first strong character" concept, may improperly operate on a numerical IP address or an alphabetic string, leading to a spoofed URL.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Opera | Opera | 52.1.2517.139570 |
References
- https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/Vendor Advisory
- https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/opera-android-address-bar-spoofing-cve-2019-12278-9ffcfd6c508cExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/Vendor Advisory
- https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/opera-android-address-bar-spoofing-cve-2019-12278-9ffcfd6c508cExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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