ubuntu-cve-2020-12402
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-06-19 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "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 \u003c 78.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12402",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:23Z",
  "published": "2020-06-19T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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}



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