Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5117
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.
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Affected products
28< 52.6+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
< 52.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-72.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6.0esr-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.6-54.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/nvdVendor Advisory
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