CVE-2017-7838

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.4%

Punycode format text will be displayed for entire qualified international domain names in some instances when a sub-domain triggers the punycode display instead of the primary domain being displayed in native script and the sub-domain only displaying as punycode. This could be used for limited spoofing attacks due to user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2018-06-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mozilla:firefox

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1399540
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832

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