CVE-2005-0238 describes a domain name spoofing vulnerability in Epiphany, Mozilla, Opera, and OmniGroup products due to their Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) support. Remote attackers can leverage punycode-encoded domain names containing homograph characters to deceive users in URLs and SSL certificates, facilitating phishing attacks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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