CVE-2020-12401 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Severity

47%

Complexity

10%

Confidentiality

60%

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

CWE-327

These code examples use the Data Encryption Standard (DES).


               
EVP_des_ecb();

               
des.initEncrypt(key2);

               
}
return $encryptedPassword;

Once considered a strong algorithm, DES now regarded as insufficient for many applications. It has been replaced by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-10-08 14:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-10-26 16:05:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631573

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631573

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/

Vendor Advisory

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