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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2020-12-09T00:25:22

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:03:23.079Z

Reserved: 2020-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-26966

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-12-09T01:15:13.580

Modified: 2020-12-10T16:30:09.833

Link: CVE-2020-26966

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-26966 - Bugzilla