CVE-2020-12400

Firefox ESR and 1 other: When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant…

CVE-2020-12400 is fixed in 16 products on 2 platforms, first by libnss3 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11, released August 4, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
4.7
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0027
19th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Aug 4, 2021
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 25, 2020
libnss3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11 libnss3 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11 Aug 4, 2020
libnss3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4 libnss3 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4 Aug 4, 2020
libnss3-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11 libnss3-tools 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11 Aug 4, 2020
libnss3-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4 libnss3-tools 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4 Aug 4, 2020
nss · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-softokn · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-softokn · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-softokn-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-softokn-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-softokn-freebl · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-softokn-freebl · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-softokn-freebl-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-softokn-freebl-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-sysinit · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-sysinit · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-tools · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-tools · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-util · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-util · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021
nss-util-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0538 Feb 16, 2021
nss-util-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0538 Feb 17, 2021

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