CVE-2012-0584

N/A

Published: March 12, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSafari· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) feature in Apple Safari before 5.1.4 on Windows does not properly restrict the characters in URLs, which allows remote attackers to spoof a domain name via unspecified homoglyphs.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Safari · Apple

95%

microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/80088

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/48377

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026785

CVSS

6.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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