CVE-2016-1948 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1948?

CVE-2016-1948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 31 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1948?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-1948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5hfh-rpj4-39xm.