PT-2017-17940
CVE-2017-7781
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Published
2017-08-08
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Updated
2024-12-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Firefox versions prior to 55
Description
An error in the elliptic curve point addition algorithm can yield an incorrect result, potentially allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to interfere with a connection and cause the attacked party to compute an incorrect shared secret.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 55, update to version 55 or later to resolve the issue.
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