CVE-2007-3742

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari 3 Beta before Update 3.0.3, and iPhone before 1.0.1, does not properly handle the interaction between International Domain Name (IDN) support and Unicode fonts, which allows remote attackers to create a URL containing "look-alike characters" (homographs) and possibly perform phishing attacks.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 3.0.2

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3214
http://secunia.com/advisories/26287
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24636
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018488
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2730
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35716
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3214

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