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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.7

CVE-2020-12401 json

During ECDSA signature generation, padding applied in the nonce designed to ensure constant-time scalar multiplication was removed, resulti…

published 2020-10-08 6 y ago modified 2026-08-19 2 mo ago also EUVD-2020-4713

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 80
  • Mozilla Firefox for Android 80
  • nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.55-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12401

  • nss Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
  • nss Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11
  • nss Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nss Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12401

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  • nss RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss-util RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss-tools RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss-softokn RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss-sysinit RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss-softokn-freebl RHEL 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3
  • nss RHEL 7 3.53.1-3.el7_9
  • nspr RHEL 7 4.25.0-2.el7_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0538RHSA-2020:4076

  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.68-47.16.1
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 4.32-33.6.1
  • mozilla-nss SLES 15 SP1-BCL, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP3, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 +16 more 3.68-3.56.1
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 15 SP1-BCL, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 +14 more 4.32-3.20.1
  • mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 3.68-58.54.1
  • mozilla-nspr SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 4.32-19.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2021:14818-1SUSE-RU-2021:3115-2SUSE-RU-2021:3116-1SUSE-RU-2021:3115-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.69.1-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11058-1

  • nss Rocky Linux 8 3.53.1-17.el8_3

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2021:0538

  • nss Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 3.55-r0
  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +9 more 80.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 80.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-12401

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12401 updated cvss 4.4

nss: ECDSA timing attack mitigation bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nss Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nss, nss-tools, nss-sysinit
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Do 1 openshiftdo/odo-init-image-rhel7 1.1.3-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0949
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nss 3.53.1-17.el8_3, nss-util 3.53.1-17.el8_3, nss-tools 3.53.1-17.el8_3, nss-softokn 3.53.1-17.el8_3, nss-sysinit 3.53.1-17.el8_3, nss-softokn-freebl 3.53.1-17.el8_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0538
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) nss 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-util 3.53.1-1.el7_9, nss-tools 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nss-softokn 3.53.1-6.el7_9, nss-sysinit 3.53.1-3.el7_9, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) nss-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr-devel 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-debuginfo 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr-debuginfo 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-util-devel 3.53.1-1.el7_9, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) nss-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr-devel 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-debuginfo 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr-debuginfo 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-util-devel 3.53.1-1.el7_9, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) nss 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-util 3.53.1-1.el7_9, nss-tools 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nss-softokn 3.53.1-6.el7_9, nss-sysinit 3.53.1-3.el7_9, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) nss-debuginfo 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) nss 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nspr 4.25.0-2.el7_9, nss-util 3.53.1-1.el7_9, nss-tools 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nss-softokn 3.53.1-6.el7_9, nss-sysinit 3.53.1-3.el7_9, +1 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) nss-debuginfo 3.53.1-3.el7_9, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.53.1-3.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4076

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox for Android

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.