GHSA-f5x9-j9rr-qwgg
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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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Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5117 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102 url