Characters from the "Canadian Syllabics" unicode block can be mixed with characters from other unicode blocks in the addressbar instead of being rendered as their raw "punycode" form, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks through character confusion. The current Unicode standard allows characters from "Aspirational Use Scripts" such as Canadian Syllabics to be mixed with Latin characters in the "moderately restrictive" IDN profile. We have changed Firefox behavior to match the upcoming Unicode version 10.0 which removes this category and treats them as "Limited Use Scripts.". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | Domain spoofing with combination of Canadian Syllabics and other unicode blocks |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/tr31-26.html#Aspirational_Use_Scripts | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1364283 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/tr31-26.html#Aspirational_Use_Scripts | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1364283 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |