Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-17018
Published: January 7, 2020 / Updated: January 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24056
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17018
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
When in Private Browsing Mode on Windows 10, the Windows keyboard may retain word suggestions to improve the accuracy of the keyboard. As a result, a local user can gain access to data, used during Private Browsing Mode.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Slackware Linux
Slackware Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17018
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 72.0