CVE-2020-12401

Medium

Description

During ECDSA signature generation, padding applied in the nonce designed to ensure constant-time scalar multiplication was removed, resulting in variable-time execution dependent on secret data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedOct 8, 2020
First seenOct 8, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox80.0 or later
  • mozilla firefox_mobile80.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 80.080.0
mozilla firefox_mobilev < 80.080.0

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