Out-of-bounds Read in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2020-12425
Due to confusion processing a hyphen character in Date.parse(), a one-byte out of bounds read could have occurred, leading to potential information disclosure. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12425?
- CVE-2020-12425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12425?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.