CWE-1007 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-1007: Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User

Overview

CWE-1007 (Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product displays information or identifiers to a user, but the display mechanism does not make it easy for the user to distinguish between visually similar or identical glyphs (homoglyphs), which may cause the user to misinterpret a glyph and perform an unintended, insecure action.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined
technology Web Based Sometimes

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-27611 2025-04-30 base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceivi…
CVE-2025-0996 2025-02-15 Inappropriate implementation in Browser UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 133.0.6943.98 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromiu…
CVE-2021-4221 2022-12-22 If a domain name contained a RTL character, it would cause the domain to be rendered to the right of the path. This could lead to user confusion and spoofing attacks. <br>*This bug only affects Firefo…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2017-07-24
Version
2.12

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, References
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Related_Attack_Patterns
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Observed_Examples
2022-10-13 CWE Content Team 4.9 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Related_Attack_Patterns
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms
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