ECDSA Signature Malleability Vulnerability in Elliptic Package 6.5.6 for Node.js
CVE-2024-42460

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elliptic

Status
Elliptic
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 August 2024

What is CVE-2024-42460?

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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