Description
Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Published: 2020-04-24
Score: 2.8 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-27968 Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4323-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00063}

epss

{'score': 0.00127}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:11:05.150Z

Reserved: 2020-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-6824

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-24T16:15:13.680

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:36:14.710

Link: CVE-2020-6824

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-04-10T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-6824 - Bugzilla

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