What is CVE-2016-1940?

CVE-2016-1940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-1940?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-1940

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a data: URL that is mishandled during (1) shortcut opening or (2) BOOKMARK intent processing.

Published 2016-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-17

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-05.html (Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1940?: CVE-2016-1940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-1940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.