cve-2020-12423
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-09 14:39
Modified
2024-08-04 11:56
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
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