CVE-2016-1940 describes a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox on Android, specifically versions prior to 44.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar through a mishandled data: URL during shortcut opening or BOOKMARK intent processing. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, but only impacts integrity with no confidentiality or availability concerns. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 43.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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