CVE-2005-0238

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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.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0238 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0238

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0238

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-29 1.08% 0.75% -0.33%
2 2025-03-30 1.99% 1.08% -0.90%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.99% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0238

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0238

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0238 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (epiphany-browser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0238
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0238 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (epiphany-browser), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome epiphany — cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla camino 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla <= 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
omnigroup omniweb 5 cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser <= 7.54 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0238

URL Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399 Broken Link Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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