CVE-2019-12290

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
2.9%
top 13.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDgnu/libidn2< 2.2.0
Debianlibidn2< 2.2.0-1+3
Ubuntulibidn2< 2.0.4-1.1ubuntu0.2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-5pjp-55fh-7frw: GNU libidn2 before 22022-05-24
OSV
libidn2 vulnerabilities2019-10-29
OSV
CVE-2019-12290: GNU libidn2 before 22019-10-22
CVEList
CVE-2019-12290: GNU libidn2 before 22019-10-22

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Libidn2 vulnerabilities2019-10-29
Debian
CVE-2019-12290: libidn2 - GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3...2019

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12290 libidn2: Improper roundtrip checks when converting A-labels to U-labels2019-10-22
CVE-2019-12290 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to p | cvebase.io