security flaw
Published Feb 7, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.40%
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 URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8.5
- 1.0
- < 1.7.6
- 5
- ≤ 7.54
- 7.54
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:176
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:176 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.40% (0.20398) | 97.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 20.40% (0.20398) | 97.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.58% (0.08584) | 91.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.88% (0.03876) | 80.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.58% (0.08584) | 91.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 72.20% (0.72197) | 98.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 93.89% (0.93886) | 99.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 15, 2024 | 95.71% (0.95715) | 99.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2023 | 96.46% (0.96456) | 99.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.86% (0.96855) | 99.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing List
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0233 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617502 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0233
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALTool Signature
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALTool Signature
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0233
Change history (0)
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