CVE-2018-12400
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as...
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
- Record
CVE-2018-12400- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
- Record
CVE-2018-12400- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4374 No score
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4374- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxmw-mw39-8fw9
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as...
In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
- Record
GHSA-wxmw-mw39-8fw9- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 No score
firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 661 CVEs |
before 92.0-1.2 | 92.0-1.2 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs |
before 128.5.1-1.1 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12400 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published February 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.57%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448305
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26
securityfocus.com/bid/105721
securitytracker.com/id/1041944
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12400
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxmw-mw39-8fw9
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6077
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3HI2RC7AJAHY74Q6MK7GNGWU6TITB22V
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