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CVE-2017-7781

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 2.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-7781
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
2.76%
Firefox

Original NVD 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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