CVE-2025-11716 (GCVE-0-2025-11716)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-14 12:27
Modified
2025-10-30 16:13
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required "allow-" permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144 and Thunderbird < 144.
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 144
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