CVE-2006-6506

N/A Unknown
Published: December 20, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.2%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla