CVE-2020-12399
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CVE-2020-12399 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.4/10 on the CVSS scale. NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 77.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.9.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 68.9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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