What is CVE-2020-12413?

CVE-2020-12413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-12413?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
Mozilla Firefox_esr

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy

References

security@mozilla.org (Technical Description)
security@mozilla.org (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12413?: CVE-2020-12413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-12413?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.