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CVE-2017-7781

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7781 describes an error in Firefox's elliptic curve point addition algorithm (affecting versions prior to 55) that could incorrectly yield a "POINT_AT_INFINITY" result. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to interfere with connections, leading to the computation of an incorrect shared secret, though it requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 55.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 55CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nss
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nss-softokn
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nss-softokn

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7781Moderate

Mozilla: Elliptic curve point addition error when using mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates (MFSA 2017-18)

Aug 8, 2017

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-18
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100383
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry