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CVE-2020-6829
When performing EC scalar point multiplication, the wNAF point multiplication algorithm was used; which leaked partial information about…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.5%
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- mozilla
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- P-384 and P-521 vulnerable to an electro-magnetic side channel attack on signature generation
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 80
- affected unspecified – < 80
References (4)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631583 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230220 [SECURITY] [DLA 3327-1] nss security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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