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.
Published: 2006-12-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6489 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-398-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:26:46.642Z

Reserved: 2006-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6506

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-20T01:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6506

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