CVE-2017-7781

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7781
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-11 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7781 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Spoof Content, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1352039 - (CVE-2017-7781) Issue with elliptic curve addition in mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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