CVE-2005-0238
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany 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.
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affected products (6)
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references (12)
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- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461enisa_euvd
- http://www.shmoo.com/idnenisa_euvd
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtenisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236enisa_euvd
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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