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CVE-2020-6829
medium
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.
References
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00021.html