CVE-2020-15502 | BDVDB-2026-138403 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/blob/e2f2d54a6b4452277467db403a3546512401b493/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriExtension.kt#L83-L88
- https://github.com/duckduckgo/iOS/blob/1ae03d7221180bd6791cf6f7f06922a96335cf75/Core/AppUrls.swift#L98-L100
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166
- https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23711597
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.