CVE-2016-1940

MEDIUM

Mozilla Firefox < 44.0 on Android - Address Bar Spoofing via Data URL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a data: URL that is mishandled during (1) shortcut opening or (2) BOOKMARK intent processing.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208525

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (2)
google/android
mozilla/firefox < 43.0.4
Published Jan 31, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026