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        "ID": "CVE-2020-12421",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
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                                "product_name": "Firefox ESR",
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                                            "version_value": "68.10",
                                            "version_affected": "<"
                                        }
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                                }
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                            {
                                "product_name": "Firefox",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "78",
                                            "version_affected": "<"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "Thunderbird",
                                "version": {
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                                        {
                                            "version_value": "68.10.0",
                                            "version_affected": "<"
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates"
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                ]
            }
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251"
            }
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an administrator.) This could have caused add-ons to become out-of-date silently without notification to the user. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0."
            }
        ]
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}