CVE-2025-1939 Tapjacking in Android Custom Tabs using transition animations
Attackers can use transition animations in Android Custom Tabs to trick users into granting sensitive permissions via tapjacking.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-1939?
CVE-2025-1939 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 4 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Android apps can load web pages using the Custom Tabs feature. This feature supports a transition animation that could have been used to trick a user into granting sensitive permissions by hiding what the user was actually clicking. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136.
Weakness: CWE-359
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1939?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1939?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-1939 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1939 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x9h6-qwxm-528g.