CVE-2020-12423

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12423
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12423.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-12423
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Published
2020-07-09T15:15:12.193Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:33:06.863600Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

References

Affected packages

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Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12423.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "78.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]