Is CVE-2005-0238 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0238 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-0238?

CVE-2005-0238 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2005-0238?

Patch guidance is available from gnome security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2005-0238.

CVE-2005-0238 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2005-0238?

5 products: gnome epiphany, mozilla camino, mozilla mozilla, omnigroup omniweb, opera opera browser.

Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany 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:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: partial
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GNOME
Published: 5/2/2005
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

gnome : epiphanymozilla : caminomozilla : mozillaomnigroup : omniwebopera : opera_browser

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD