CVE-2018-5117

NameCVE-2018-5117
DescriptionIf right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1256-1, DLA-1262-1, DSA-4096-1, DSA-4102-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid131.0.2-2fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie128.3.0esr-2fixed
sid128.3.1esr-2fixed
thunderbird (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.16.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:128.2.0esr-1fixed
sid1:128.3.0esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)58.0-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy52.6.0esr-1~deb7u1DLA-1256-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie52.6.0esr-1~deb8u1DSA-4096-1
firefox-esrsourcestretch52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1DSA-4096-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)52.6.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcewheezy1:52.6.0-1~deb7u1DLA-1262-1
thunderbirdsourcejessie1:52.6.0-1~deb8u1DSA-4102-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:52.6.0-1~deb9u1DSA-4102-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:52.6.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/#CVE-2018-5117
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/#CVE-2018-5117
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/#CVE-2018-5117

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