CVE-2023-5732 — Multiple Interpretations of UI Input in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-450 — Multiple Interpretations of UI Input11 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.3
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 25
Latest updateNov 2

Description

An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 117
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 117.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.4
▶NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.4.1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 115.4.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2023-11-02
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GHSA
GHSA-p85h-gwrr-6mrj: An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited↗2023-10-25
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OSV
CVE-2023-5732: An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited↗2023-10-25
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CVEList
Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters↗2023-10-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2023-11-02
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters↗2023-10-24
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Debian
CVE-2023-5732: firefox-esr - An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters t...↗2023
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-47: CVE-2023-5732↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-34: CVE-2023-5732↗
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