CVE-2019-10044
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductTelegram
PublishedMar 25, 2019
First seenMar 25, 2019
How to fix
Update
- telegram telegram_desktop1.5.12 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| telegram telegram | No range specified | — |
| telegram telegram_desktop | v < 1.5.12 | 1.5.12 |
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