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CVE-2005-0238

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnome EpiphanyOpera Opera BrowserMozilla CaminoMozilla MozillaOmnigroup Omniweb

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References