DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12401

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12401
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12401.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12401
Upstream
Published
2020-10-08T14:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:31Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.55-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.55-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.55-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.55-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}