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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2016-9062

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-r8rg-hmw6-929h

Published

May 14, 2022 3:12 AM

Last Modified

May 14, 2022 3:12 AM

CVSS Score

2.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 14, 2025 6:31 AM

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