FKIE_CVE-2023-6135

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-12-19 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:50
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1853908Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1853908Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
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