01 Record

CVE-2005-0233

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

View raw JSON

02 Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 20.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2005-02-07 05:00Z21 YR AGO
Last updated: 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
Reserved: 2005-02-07
Assigning CNA: redhat
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector: Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 292fee2b78d8d29c11b862cbdcb01071312380840bfb0b49072b4b3231ec119a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

mozillacaminoNot specified—

mozillafirefoxNot specified—

mozillamozillaNot specified—

omnigroupomniwebNot specified—

operaopera_browserNot specified—

opera_softwareopera_web_browserNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.shmoo.comhttp://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtx_refsource_MISC
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commultiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
lists.grok.org.uk20050206 state of homograph attackshttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.shmoo.comhttp://www.shmoo.com/idnx_refsource_MISC
www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:016http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11229https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:100029https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:176http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:384http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200503-30http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200503-10http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
marc.info20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs.http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com12461http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM