Minerva: Side-Channel Attack on NSS NIST Curves in Firefox < 121

Minerva: Side-Channel Attack on NSS NIST Curves in Firefox < 121

CVE-2023-6135 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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.

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