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CVE-2017-7825

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

How to fix

Remediation Available
DeveloperEditionWindows application
Affected:56.0Fixed in:56.0Mozilla
Affected:52.4.0Fixed in:52.4.0Mozilla
Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application
Affected:56.0Fixed in:56.0Mozilla
Affected:52.4.0Fixed in:52.4.0Mozilla
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application
Affected:52.4.0Fixed in:52.4.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days
73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-25.