Repeated external URL scheme launches could potentially cause a denial of service in Firefox for iOS (Mozilla Firefox for iOS)

CVE-2026-86853
MEDIUM 4.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
mozilla
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A malicious webpage could repeatedly trigger external URL schemes, causing system prompts or external application launches. This could make Firefox for iOS temporarily unusable until the page is closed. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 155.1.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-451 — User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Mozilla · Firefox for iOSunaffected 155.1 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD