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by SamuelAdams 2557 days ago
Crash reports often include memory dumps. Firefox automatically reports these to Mozilla - there's plenty of other software that auto-reports crash data as well. If that crash data includes in-memory credentials, that could lead to your master password being compromised.
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> Crash reports often include memory dumps. Firefox automatically reports these to Mozilla

Of the process in question, not the entire system. A Firefox crash dump can potentially still include credentials and private keys, of course.