CVE-2020-12423

Name
CVE-2020-12423
Description
When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642400
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
librewolf edge-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
librewolf 3.22-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
librewolf 3.21-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox edge-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.22-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.21-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.20-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.19-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.18-community 78.0-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.17-community 78.0-r0 None fixed