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CVE-2020-12400

Published: Oct 8, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-203
4.7MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant time, resulting in a possible timing-based side channel attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-203

Affected Products

Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka mozilla
Network Security Services
Consumer Software
FirefoxOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
Firefox for Android
Consumer Software
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
Альт 8 СПOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
ROSA VirtualizationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.55_release_notes&#13;
developer.mozilla.org
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/3f022d5eca5d3cd0e366a825a5681953d76299d0&#13;
hg.mozilla.org
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DEBIAN10-NSS-597145&#13;
snyk.io
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