CVE-2020-12402
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.4)—
During RSA key generation, bignum implementations used a variation of the Binary Extended Euclidean Algorithm which entailed significantly input-dependent flow. This allowed an attacker able to perform electromagnetic-based side channel attacks to record traces leading to the recovery of the secret primes. *Note:* An unmodified Firefox browser does not generate RSA keys in normal operation and is not affected, but products built on top of it might. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.34%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 25
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-203
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631597
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631597
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
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