CVE-2020-6829

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 28, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Jan 10, 2020

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FirefoxMozilla	before 80Affected
Firefox for AndroidMozilla	before 80Affected

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631583
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