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FKIE_CVE-2020-12402

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-07-09 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:51
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631597Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631597Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
fedoraproject fedora 32
opensuse leap 15.1
opensuse leap 15.2
debian debian_linux 9.0

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:51:46.010",
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