Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Sweet B - CVE-2022-23004
Published: August 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65997
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23004
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists when computing a shared secret or point multiplication on the NIST P-256 curve using a public key with an X coordinate of zero, an error is returned from the library, and an invalid unreduced value is written to the output buffer. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Sweet B
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23004
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sweet B - update to v2