CVE-2023-5732
Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 24, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 18, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 23, 2023
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FirefoxMozilla |
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Firefox ESRMozilla |
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ThunderbirdMozilla |
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References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1690979
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1836962
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-46/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-47/
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