CVE-2016-1948
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on Android does not ensure that HTTPS is used for a lightweight-theme installation, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to replace a theme's images and colors by modifying the client-server data stream.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
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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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 43.0.4 | |
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-12.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235876
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-12.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235876
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.