CVE-2019-10044

Public Exploit

Description

Telegram Desktop before 1.5.12 on Windows, and the Telegram applications for Android, iOS, and Linux, is vulnerable to an IDN homograph attack when displaying messages containing URLs. This occurs because the application produces a clickable link even if (for example) Latin and Cyrillic characters exist in the same domain name, and the available font has an identical representation of characters from different alphabets.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.76% Top 30%

Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory github.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/blazeinfosec/advisories/blob/master/telegram-advisory.txt	third party advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107610	vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-10044?: CVE-2019-10044 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-10044?: To fix CVE-2019-10044, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-10044 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-10044 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.