CVE-2020-6829

Name
CVE-2020-6829
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/
Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631583

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* firefox >= None < 80.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status