CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26966
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Searching for a single word from the address bar caused an mDNS request to be sent on the local network searching for a hostname consisting of that string; resulting in an information leak. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 83.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 78.5)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 78.5)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1663571 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1663571 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ Vendor Advisory