Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1940

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a data: URL that is mishandled during (1) shortcut opening or (2) BOOKMARK intent processing.

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Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefox2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=43.0.4
- (no CPE)range: <44.0
Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/firefox pkg:apk/wolfi/firefox
< 0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0

Patches

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References

www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-05.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825nvd
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd

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