Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2020-12408
When browsing a document hosted on an IP address, an attacker could insert certain characters to flip domain and path information in the address bar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12408?
- CVE-2020-12408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12408?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.