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CVE-2020-12402

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-12402
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.34%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

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.