Mozilla Firefox up to 54 Elliptic Curve cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 54. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-7781. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 54 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is availability.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was released 08/08/2017 as MFSA 2017-18 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7781 since 04/12/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102357 (Mozilla Firefox < 55 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370507 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities. (mfsa2017-18,mfsa2017-19)).

Upgrading to version 55 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102357), SecurityFocus (BID 100383†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039124†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105249, VDB-105250, VDB-105251 and VDB-105252. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 102357
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 55 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2017-18_2017-19 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 55

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08/08/2017 +118 days 🔍
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06/11/2018 +302 days 🔍
01/09/2021 +943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-18
Researcher: Antonio Sanso.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105266

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SecurityFocus: 100383 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7781 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039124

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2017 00:07
Updated: 01/09/2021 10:14
Changes: 08/13/2017 00:07 (81), 11/06/2019 16:09 (5), 01/09/2021 10:09 (3), 01/09/2021 10:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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