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Security advisory
In the WebRTC component in DuckDuckGo 4.2.0, after visiting a web site that attempts to gather complete client information (such as https://ip.voidsec.com), the browser can disclose a private IP address in a STUN request.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-6849
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the WebRTC component in DuckDuckGo 4.2.0, after visiting a web site that attempts to gather complete client information (such as https://ip.voidsec.com), the browser can disclose a private IP address in a STUN request.
osv:CVE-2018-6849
Complete source record
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"id": "4eaa3aef1fd555855b08f520fde46fd6e9545649f00624f462889d1ecc502d92",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6849",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2018-6849",
"summary": "In the WebRTC component in DuckDuckGo 4.2.0, after visiting a web site that attempts to gather complete client information (such as https://ip.voidsec.com), the browser can disclose a private IP address in a STUN request.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-6849",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2018-6849",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-6849"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
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"repo": "https://github.com/duckduckgo/android",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
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},
{
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}
],
"database_specific": {
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:duckduckgo:duckduckgo:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "4.2.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.2.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
}
],
"versions": [
"4.2.0"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6849.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.995345022Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://datarift.blogspot.com/p/private-ip-leakage-using-webrtc.html",
"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16699270",
"https://voidsec.com/vpn-leak/",
"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9538",
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44403/"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"unresolved_ranges": [
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:duckduckgo:duckduckgo:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "duckduckgo:duckduckgo",
"extracted_events": [
{
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{
"introduced": "4.2.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.2.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
]
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-6849",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 438564,
"published_at": "2018-04-01T18:29:00.227+00:00"
}