CVE-2016-1941

medium

Published 2016-01-31 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.1

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.1

Description

The file-download dialog in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on OS X enables a certain button too quickly, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via a crafted web site that triggers a single-click action in a situation where a double-click action was intended.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

71%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endIncluding":"43.0.4"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.