CVE-2006-6506
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6489)
- Published
- December 20, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6489 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421
- http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215(Exploit)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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