CVE-2023-50981

Published Dec 18, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-835

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\\+\\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CE3A7AA7-A0EF-4363-A9D8-D1D31498B936",
            "versionEndIncluding": "8.9.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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