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CVE-2017-7825 Details

Description

Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	< 52.4.0 < 56.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 52.4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2025	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

CVE-2017-7825 Details

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