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high 7.5

CVE-2016-9065 json

The location bar in Firefox for Android can be spoofed by forcing a user into fullscreen mode, blocking its exiting, and creating of a fake…

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9886

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The location bar in Firefox for Android can be spoofed by forcing a user into fullscreen mode, blocking its exiting, and creating of a fake location bar without any user notification. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 50
  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306696 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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