What is CVE-2016-1943?

CVE-2016-1943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2016-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-1943?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-1943

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via the scrollTo method.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Mozilla Firefox — versions 43.0.4
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-17

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948 (vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html (Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1943?: CVE-2016-1943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-17. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2016-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-1943?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.