CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26975
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-07
- Last modified
- 2026-08-19
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
When a malicious application installed on the user's device broadcast an Intent to Firefox for Android, arbitrary headers could have been specified, leading to attacks such as abusing ambient authority or session fixation. This was resolved by only allowing certain safe-listed headers. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox mobile (< 84.0)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661071 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661071 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/ Vendor Advisory