cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-26975

CVE-2020-26975

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-01-07 13:52

Modified

2024-08-04 16:03

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661071	Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661071	Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/	Vendor Advisory

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Firefox

Version: unspecified < 84

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