CVE-2013-1699 (GCVE-0-2013-1699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-06-26 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:13
VLAI
Summary
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) display algorithm in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 does not properly handle the .com, .name, and .net top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-06-25 00:00
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