CVE-2024-42459

Aug. 2, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Node.js
  • ['6.5.6']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-347
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

References

https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317

Tags

cve@mitre.org
CWE-347
2024-08-02
CVE-2024-42459

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 2, 2024, 7:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 2, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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