CVE-2021-29960

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Firefox used to cache the last filename used for printing a file. When generating a filename for printing, Firefox usually suggests the web page title. The caching and suggestion techniques combined may have lead to the title of a website visited during private browsing mode being stored on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-669

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 89

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1675965Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1675965Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 24, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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