| Name | CVE-2018-5117 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1256-1, DLA-1262-1, DSA-4096-1, DSA-4102-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 132.0.2-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 128.4.0esr-1 | fixed | |
| thunderbird (PTS) | bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:128.4.3esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 58.0-1 | |||
| firefox-esr | source | wheezy | 52.6.0esr-1~deb7u1 | DLA-1256-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | jessie | 52.6.0esr-1~deb8u1 | DSA-4096-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | stretch | 52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1 | DSA-4096-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | 52.6.0esr-1 | |||
| thunderbird | source | wheezy | 1:52.6.0-1~deb7u1 | DLA-1262-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | jessie | 1:52.6.0-1~deb8u1 | DSA-4102-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | stretch | 1:52.6.0-1~deb9u1 | DSA-4102-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | 1:52.6.0-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/#CVE-2018-5117
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/#CVE-2018-5117
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/#CVE-2018-5117