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CVE-2018-5117 Details

Description

If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

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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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	7.0 8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server aus	7.3 7.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	7.3 7.4 7.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	< 58.0 < 52.6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 52.6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04 17.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 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]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Aug 3, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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