Infinite loop in Crypto++ - CVE-2023-50981

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Infinite loop in Crypto++ - CVE-2023-50981

Published: December 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84653
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50981
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Crypto++
Software vendor:
cryptopp.com

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in ModularSquareRoot. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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