CVE-2024-42461

Published Aug 2, 2024

Last updated 6 months ago

CVSS critical 9.1

Overview

Description: In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-347
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-347

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elliptic_project:elliptic:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EAFFCBB8-D7CC-49D0-A052-D1FAAF4F3C33"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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