Firefox for iOS vulnerability

Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.

Published 21 May 2025Updated 5 Oct 20262 sources
CVSS 4.3

What happened

Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.

Affected versions

Firefox for iOS: before 139.0 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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