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.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2020-07-09T14:39:37

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:56:51.761Z

Reserved: 2020-04-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12423

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-07-09T15:15:12.193

Modified: 2023-01-30T17:21:32.267

Link: CVE-2020-12423

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-12423 - Bugzilla