CVE-2019-10251 (GCVE-0-2019-10251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-28 14:01 – Updated: 2024-08-04 22:17
VLAI
Summary
The UCWeb UC Browser application through 2019-03-26 for Android uses HTTP to download certain modules associated with PDF and Microsoft Office files (related to libpicsel), which allows MITM attacks.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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