Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2020-12424

When constructing a permission prompt for WebRTC, a URI was supplied from the content process. This URI was untrusted, and could have been the URI of an origin that was previously granted permission; bypassing the prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

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: 0.016 (74.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-12424: held from 0.014 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12424?
CVE-2020-12424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-12424?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12424 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.