CVE-2020-12403

nss: CHACHA20-POLY1305 decryption with undersized tag leads to out-of-bounds read

Published May 27, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2388-1 nss security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3327-1 nss security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-4715 A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4476-1 NSS vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00192}

epss

{'score': 0.00191}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:56 AM
Reserved
Apr 28, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 27, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:51 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 27, 2020, 12:00 AM