CVE-2020-12403 (GCVE-0-2020-12403)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:56
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CWE
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