CVE-2005-0238
N/A
Published: February 7, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsOpera BrowserMozillaEpiphany
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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