CVE-2018-12400 (GCVE-0-2018-12400)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-28 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:38
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Summary
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Favicons are cached in private browsing mode on Firefox for Android
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 679 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 63 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-02-28 00:00
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