CVE-2020-12399
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and
02 Description
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-09 14:52Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 11:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-04-28
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d44ff6fa4ebd91631e33fdf4d9dcf82e24bfff8e0ad9b5499cf2056bd19ad53e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576
- www.debian.orgDSA-4726https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4421-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-49https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200929 [SECURITY] [DLA 2388-1] nss security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 77.0-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 68.9.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 68.9.0esr-1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.53-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.9.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 68.9.0esr-1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.53-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.9.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 68.9.0esr-1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.53-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.9.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- nss Fixed in 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.