Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16756 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3391-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.301Z
Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7781
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:08.890
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:38.810
Link: CVE-2017-7781
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN