IndexedDB should be cleared when leaving private browsing mode and it is not, the API for…
Priority LOW 30CWE-459Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
IndexedDB should be cleared when leaving private browsing mode and it is not, the API for WKWebViewConfiguration was being used incorrectly and requires the private instance of this object be deleted when leaving private mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 27.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0068 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Firefox for iOS (Mozilla): 27
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox for iOS (Mozilla) Fixed in 27
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12414
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68g9-f9xv-qr8g
References
More Mozilla Firefox Mobile vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2022-09831 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-13905 Race condition in Mozilla Firefox for Android CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-13916 A wrong lowering instruction in the ARM64 Ion compiler resulted in a wrong optimization… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-13903 Following a Garbage Collector compaction, weak maps may have been accessed before they… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-13642 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox for iOS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-12414 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12414 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-68g9-f9xv-qr8g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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