PT-2016-4932 · Mozilla · Firefox

Muneaki Nishimura · Published 2016-01-31 · Updated 2017-09-10 · CVE-2016-1940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 44.0 on Android

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a data: URL that is mishandled during shortcut opening or BOOKMARK intent processing.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 44.0 on Android, update to version 44.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-17

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1940

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 6

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1940 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1940 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034825 · Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208525 · Note