CVE-2017-7759: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Android intent URLs given to Firefox for Android can be used to navigate from HTTP or HTTPS URLs to local "file:" URLs, allowing for the reading of local data through a violation of same-origin policy. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.

Affected products

• Google Android: affected versions not specified
• Mozilla Firefox: before 54.0 (fixed in 54.0)

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.