CVE-2018-12400

MEDIUM

Firefox for Android < 63.0 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Favicon Caching in Private Browsing Mode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448305
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 63.0
Published Feb 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026