CVE-2019-12278

Public Exploit

Description

Opera through 53 on Android allows Address Bar Spoofing. Characters from several languages are displayed in Right-to-Left order, due to mishandling of several Unicode characters. The rendering mechanism, in conjunction with the "first strong character" concept, may improperly operate on a numerical IP address or an alphabetic string, leading to a spoofed URL.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.35%

Vendor Advisory opera.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/	vendor advisory
https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/opera-android-address-bar-spoofing-cve-2019-12278-9ffcfd6c508c	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12278?: CVE-2019-12278 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12278?: To fix CVE-2019-12278, 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-2019-12278 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-12278 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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