SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12401

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.

MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.32% probability · 25th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-203
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox mobile
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.