8.8

CVE-2020-12409: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12409
Published 09-07-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12409 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-4383-1

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When using certain blank characters in a URL, they where incorrectly rendered as spaces instead of an encoded URL. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu4 products
  • firefox< 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 77 | < 77.0

2 vendors · 5 products

References

6 links