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epiphany-browser — security advisory
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.
- Products
- epiphany-browser
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.8-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2005-0238
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0238
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 1.4.8-2
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 1.4.8-2
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 1.4.8-2
Complete source record
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