When a malicious application installed on the user's device broadcast an Intent to…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
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 84
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 84
13 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-16395 Use after free in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2020-16394 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2020-17831 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26975
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cmfr-9hrr-hpg4
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-2020-26975 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-26975 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cmfr-9hrr-hpg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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