description: Searching for a single word from the address bar caused an mDNS request to be sent on the local network searching for a hostname consisting of that string; resulting in an information leak. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
problem types: Single-word search queries were also broadcast to local network
affected:
{
product: Firefox
vendor: Mozilla
versions:
status: affected, version: < 83
}
{
product: Firefox ESR
vendor: Mozilla
versions:
status: affected, version: < 78.5
}
{
product: Thunderbird
vendor: Mozilla
versions:
status: affected, version: < 78.5
}
