Is CVE-2005-0233 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0233 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-0233?

CVE-2005-0233 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2005-0233?

Patch guidance is available from mozilla security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2005-0233.

CVE-2005-0233 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2005-0233?

6 products: mozilla camino, mozilla firefox, mozilla mozilla, omnigroup omniweb, opera opera browser, and 1 more.

Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: MOZILLA
Published: 2/8/2005
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

mozilla : caminomozilla : firefoxmozilla : mozillaomnigroup : omniwebopera : opera_browseropera_software : opera_web_browser

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD