ALPINE-CVE-2020-12402

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CVE-2020-12402
Published: 09 Jul 2020, 15:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.4 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Jul 2020, 15:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nss

    < 3.53.1-r0 | < 3.53.1-r0 | < 3.53.1-r0 | < 3.53.1-r0 | < 3.53.1-r0 | < 3.53.1-r0

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