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
Link | Resource |
---|---|
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661071 | Permissions Required |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
No history.
MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2021-01-07T13:52:30
Updated: 2021-01-07T13:52:30
Reserved: 2020-10-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-26975
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-01-07T14:15:12.110
Modified: 2021-01-12T15:38:51.433
Link: CVE-2020-26975
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE