CVE-2005-0233: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2005-0233: The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows re...

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.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 7, 2024, 21:05 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This flaw let attackers make deceptive web addresses appear as trusted domains in affected Mozilla-family browsers. It did not run code by itself; it made phishing more convincing by abusing internationalized domain name rendering and certificate display behavior. Current exposure is mainly legacy systems, old kiosk images, archived virtual desktops, or unmanaged endpoints still running the named browser versions or affected Linux vendor packages. Treat as a legacy hygiene and phishing-risk issue. It is urgent only where obsolete browsers remain in use, especially for payment, identity, customer support, or administrative workflows. Mitigation focus: Remove or isolate affected legacy browsers from production use.; Update Mozilla-family browsers using Mozilla or Linux vendor advisories.; Check vendor guidance before relying on browser-specific IDN workarounds..

Prepared: Jun 30, 2026, 01:23 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2005-0233 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup

Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Feb 7, 2005, 05:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

0CVSS vectors

0Timeline events

0ADP providers

4Source links

CVSS and timeline data

No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.

Source materials

CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11229CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100029CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus

n/an/an/aListed

Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.