#VU29196 Cryptographic issues in elliptic - CVE-2020-13822
Published: June 22, 2020 / Updated: July 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29196
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13822
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
elliptic
elliptic
Software vendor:
indutny
indutny
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to comrpomise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations in encoding, leading "\0" bytes, or integer overflows. A remote attacker can cause a security-relevant impact if an application relied on a single canonical signature.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.