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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2020-07-20T14:06:27

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


Link: CVE-2020-12423

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

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


Link: CVE-2020-12423

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