Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6506
CVE-2006-6506
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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Affected products
2>=2.0, <2.0.0.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >=2.0, <2.0.0.1
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
17- www.legroom.net/modules.phpnvdExploit
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23282nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23545nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23589nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23614nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23672nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
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