Medium 5.3Published Jun 11, 2018

CVE-2017-7763Default fonts on OS X display some Tibetan characters as whitespace.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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Default fonts on OS X display some Tibetan 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 < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox	before 52.2.0; before 54.0	NVD
mozilla thunderbird mozilla:thunderbird	before 52.2.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0; 9.0	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360309	issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	vendor-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	vendor-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/	vendor-advisory

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