CVE-2016-1941

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The file-download dialog in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 on OS X enables a certain button too quickly, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via a crafted web site that triggers a single-click action in a situation where a double-click action was intended.

Affected products

macOS: all versions
Mozilla Firefox: through 43.0.4

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-08.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1116385
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-08.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1116385
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

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