CVE-2006-6506 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6506?

CVE-2006-6506 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 20 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The "Feed Preview" feature in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 sends the URL of the feed when requesting favicon.ico icons, which results in a privacy leak that might allow feed viewing services to determine browsing habits.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6506?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6506?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6506 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-6506 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6506 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-63rv-67f8-xhcx.