CVE-2016-1948

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-12.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235876
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-01-31 18:59

Updated : 2017-09-10 01:29

NVD link : CVE-2016-1948

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1948

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1948

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

google

android

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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