CVE-2016-1948 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-01-31

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3037	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00219.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-01-31T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:40.436Z

Reserved: 2016-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1948

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-31T18:59:14.263

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1948

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-310

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