Vulnerability

CVE-2020-12400: 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 Firef

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What it means

Priority 45/100

NIST National Vulnerability Database ha pubblicato CVE-2020-12400. La rilevanza va confermata rispetto alle tecnologie effettivamente in uso.

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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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database
Publishing entity: NIST National Vulnerability Database
Entity type: National authority
Area: North America · US
Original language: en · translation in preparation
Publication: 08/10/2020 16:15
CVE: CVE-2020-12400
Classification: Medium
Stated country: US

Technical scope

Affected products and versions

Data available

Product	Affected release or range	Fix or verification required	Source
mozillafirefox	prima di 80.0, esclusa	Verificare remediation e aggiornamenti nell'advisory del vendor	NIST NVD
mozillafirefox mobile	prima di 80.0, esclusa	Verificare remediation e aggiornamenti nell'advisory del vendor	NIST NVD

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