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GSD-2023-6872

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-16 06:01

Details

Browser tab titles were being leaked by GNOME to system logs. This could potentially expose the browsing habits of users running in a private tab. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

Aliases

CVE-2023-6872

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CVE-2023-6872 (GCVE-0-2023-6872)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-19 13:38 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:26

Summary

Browser tab titles were being leaked by GNOME to system logs. This could potentially expose the browsing habits of users running in a private tab. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-12-21 20:34 UTC

CWE

Browsing history leaked to syslogs via GNOME

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 512 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1849186
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 121 (custom)

Credits

honorton via Tor Browser

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