CVE-2016-9062

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Private browsing mode leaves metadata information, such as URLs, for sites visited in "browser.db" and "browser.db-wal" files within the Firefox profile after the mode is exited. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 3.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 50

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294438Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294438Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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