CVE-2020-35111

Summary

When an extension with the proxy permission registered to receive <all_urls>, the proxy.onRequest callback was not triggered for view-source URLs. While web content cannot navigate to such URLs, a user opening View Source could have inadvertently leaked their IP address. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MozillaFirefoxunspecified < 84affected
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified < 78.6affected
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified < 78.6affected

Weaknesses

  • The proxy.onRequest API did not catch view-source URLs

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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