CVE-2020-15502

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15502
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-02 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** The DuckDuckGo application through 5.58.0 for Android, and through 7.47.1.0 for iOS, sends hostnames of visited web sites within HTTPS .ico requests to servers in the duckduckgo.com domain, which might make visit data available temporarily at a Potentially Unwanted Endpoint. NOTE: the vendor has stated "the favicon service adheres to our strict privacy policy."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Duckduckgo Duckduckgo All All All All
Application Duckduckgo Duckduckgo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Android/UriExtension.kt at e2f2d54a6b4452277467db403a3546512401b493 · duckduckgo/Android · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Hi all, Founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo here. I’m literally just waking up and rea... | Hacker News MISC news.ycombinator.com Third Party Advisory
DuckDuckGo browser seemingly sends domains a user visits to DDG servers | Hacker News MISC news.ycombinator.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Domains visited get leaked to DDG servers · Issue #527 · duckduckgo/Android · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
iOS/AppUrls.swift at 1ae03d7221180bd6791cf6f7f06922a96335cf75 · duckduckgo/iOS · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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