UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12400

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12400
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12400.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12400
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:06Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

41.*

41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1

42.*

42.0+build2-0ubuntu1

44.*

44.0+build3-0ubuntu2
44.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1

45.*

45.0+build2-0ubuntu1
45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1

46.*

46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

47.*

47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

48.*

48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

49.*

49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

50.*

50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

51.*

51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

52.*

52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

53.*

53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

54.*

54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

55.*

55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

56.*

56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

57.*

57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.6
57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
57.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

58.*

58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

59.*

59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
59.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
59.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

60.*

60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
60.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

61.*

61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

62.*

62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
62.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

63.*

63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

64.*

64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

65.*

65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

66.*

66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
66.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
66.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
66.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
66.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

67.*

67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
67.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

68.*

68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

69.*

69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

70.*

70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

71.*

71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

72.*

72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

73.*

73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

74.*

74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

75.*

75.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

76.*

76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
76.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

77.*

77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

78.*

78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

79.*

79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-geckodriver"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.19.2-1ubuntu1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu1
2:3.21-1ubuntu2
2:3.21-1ubuntu3
2:3.21-1ubuntu4
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.6
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.10
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

56.*

56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

57.*

57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1

59.*

59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
59.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1

60.*

60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
60.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

61.*

61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

62.*

62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5
62.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

63.*

63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

64.*

64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

65.*

65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

66.*

66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
66.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
66.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
66.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
66.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

67.*

67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
67.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

68.*

68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

69.*

69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

70.*

70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

71.*

71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

72.*

72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

73.*

73.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

74.*

74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

75.*

75.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

76.*

76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
76.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

77.*

77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

78.*

78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

79.*

79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-geckodriver"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.32-1ubuntu3
2:3.34-1ubuntu1
2:3.35-2ubuntu2
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.2
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.3
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.6
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.7
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Affected versions

69.*

69.0.3+build1-0ubuntu1

70.*

70.0+build2-0ubuntu1
70.0+build2-0ubuntu2
70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2

71.*

71.0+build2-0ubuntu2
71.0+build5-0ubuntu1

72.*

72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1

73.*

73.0+build1-0ubuntu1
73.0+build2-0ubuntu1
73.0+build3-0ubuntu1
73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

74.*

74.0+build1-0ubuntu1
74.0+build2-0ubuntu1
74.0+build2-0ubuntu2
74.0+build3-0ubuntu1

75.*

75.0+build3-0ubuntu1

76.*

76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
76.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

77.*

77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

78.*

78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

79.*

79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-geckodriver"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.45-1ubuntu2
2:3.47-1ubuntu1
2:3.47-1ubuntu2
2:3.48-1ubuntu1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.15.2-1
2:3.15.3-1
2:3.15.3.1-1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1
2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}