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CVE-2016-9065

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9065 describes a critical vulnerability in Firefox for Android versions prior to 50, allowing for location bar spoofing. An attacker could force a user into fullscreen mode, prevent its exit, and display a fake location bar without user notification, potentially leading to phishing attacks. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and could result in significant integrity impact, as it allows for deceptive user interface manipulation. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is indicated, the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 50.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 50CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94342
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037298
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry