CVE-2024-4767 (GCVE-0-2024-4767)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-14 17:21
Modified
2025-03-28 19:24
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • IndexedDB files retained in private browsing mode
Summary
If the `browser.privatebrowsing.autostart` preference is enabled, IndexedDB files were not properly deleted when the window was closed. This preference is disabled by default in Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126, Firefox ESR < 115.11, and Thunderbird < 115.11.
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Impacted products
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 126
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