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CVE-2017-7781
N/ADescription
An error occurs in the elliptic curve point addition algorithm that uses mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates where it can yield a result "POINT_AT_INFINITY" when it should not. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this to interfere with a connection, resulting in an attacked party computing an incorrect shared secret. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published6/11/2018
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
mozilla:firefox
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100383(security@mozilla.org)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124(security@mozilla.org)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352039(security@mozilla.org)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/(security@mozilla.org)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100383(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352039(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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