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CVE-2020-6829

CVSS v3.1 5.3 (Medium)
53% Progress
CVSS v2.0 5 (Medium)
50% Progress
EPSS 0.19 % (56th)
0.19% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 12
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When performing EC scalar point multiplication, the wNAF point multiplication algorithm was used; which leaked partial information about the nonce used during signature generation. Given an electro-magnetic trace of a few signature generations, the private key could have been computed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Weaknesses
CWE-NVD-noinfo
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2020-10-28 12:15:12
(3 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-20 17:15:11
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Mozilla

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox For prior 80.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::*:*:*:*:- < 80.0
  Mozilla Firefox for Android prior 80.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::*:*:*:*:android < 80.0