ALPINE-CVE-2020-12403

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CVE-2020-12403
Published: 27 May 2021, 19:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 May 2021, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nss

    < 3.55-r0 | < 3.55-r0 | < 3.55-r0 | < 3.55-r0 | < 3.55-r0 | < 3.55-r0

References (1)