CVE-2020-12413

The Raccoon attack is a timing attack on DHE ciphersuites inherit in the TLS specification. To mitigate this vulnerability, Firefox disabled support for DHE ciphersuites.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-12413	Issue Tracking
https://raccoon-attack.com/	Technical Description
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-12413	Issue Tracking
https://raccoon-attack.com/	Technical Description

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-16 22:15

Updated : 2025-03-19 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2020-12413

Mitre link : CVE-2020-12413

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-12413

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr

CWE

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

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