5.9
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-7781

Published: 11/06/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.2
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

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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Vendor Advisories

USN-3391-1 introduced a regression in Firefox ...
This update provides compatible packages for Firefox 55 ...
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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-18 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 Announced August 8, 2017 Impact critical Products Firefox Fixed in Firefox 55 ...
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 Fir ...
An elliptic curve point addition error has been found in Firefox &lt; 550 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 ...