PT-2016-4938 · Mozilla · Firefox

Margaret Leibovic · Published 2016-01-31 · Updated 2017-09-10 · CVE-2016-1948

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 man-in-the-middle attackers to replace a theme's images and colors by modifying the client-server data stream, as HTTPS is not ensured for a lightweight-theme installation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 44.0, update to version 44.0 or later to ensure HTTPS is used for lightweight-theme installations, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1948

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-12.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1948 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034825 · Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235876 · Note