When accepting a malicious intent from other installed apps, Firefox for Android accepted…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
When accepting a malicious intent from other installed apps, Firefox for Android accepted manifests from arbitrary file paths and allowed declaring webapp manifests for other origins. This could be used to gain fullscreen access for UI spoofing and could also lead to cross-origin attacks on targeted websites. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 83
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26954
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crcc-3c88-jfqc
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Mozilla Firefox Mobile vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2022-09831 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-13905 Race condition in Mozilla Firefox for Android CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-13916 A wrong lowering instruction in the ARM64 Ion compiler resulted in a wrong optimization… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-13903 Following a Garbage Collector compaction, weak maps may have been accessed before they… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-13642 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox for iOS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-26954 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-26954 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crcc-3c88-jfqc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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