9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-12403
NSS CHACHA20-POLY1305 Multi-Part ChaCha20 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 27, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-12403 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-12403 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla network_security_services
2 Mozilla nss

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Fuzzing cryptographic libraries. Magic bug printer go brrrr.

Makefile C++ C# D C Python Shell Ada Rust JavaScript

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2024, 7:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile C++ C# D C Python Shell Ada Rust JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2023, 7:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

Fuzzing cryptographic libraries. Magic bug printer go brrrr.

fuzzing cryptography security testing

Makefile C++ Shell C Python Go PowerShell Roff JavaScript Rust

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
671 stars 75 fork 75 watcher
Born at : March 28, 2019, 6:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-12403 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-12403 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868931
    Added Reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.55_release_notes
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00021.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0006/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0006/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868931 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868931 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.55_release_notes No Types Assigned https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.55_release_notes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:nss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.55
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-12403 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-12403 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.27 }} 0.04%

score

0.67614

percentile

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