CVE-2020-12400

Published Oct 8, 2020

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
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
security@mozilla.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
4.7
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.2
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-203

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations