First published: Tue Oct 23 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox | <63 | 63 |
<63 | 63 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <63.0 | |
Google Android |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2018-12400 is a vulnerability in Firefox for Android that allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions.
CVE-2018-12400 has a severity rating of 5.3 (Medium).
Firefox for Android versions up to, but not including, 63.0 are affected by CVE-2018-12400.
Update Firefox for Android to version 63.0 or higher to resolve CVE-2018-12400.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-12400 in the following references: [Link1](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448305), [Link2](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/), [Link3](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721).