# CVE-2009-1834: Visual truncation vulnerability in netwerk/dns/src/nsIDNService.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-06-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Visual truncation vulnerability in netwerk/dns/src/nsIDNService.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via an IDN with invalid Unicode characters that are displayed as whitespace, as demonstrated by the \u115A through \u115E characters.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35388
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10436
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-25.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35439
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://osvdb.org/55162
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479413
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503573
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33039

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