CVE-2022-23806 — Unchecked Return Value in GO

CWE-252 — Unchecked Return Value8 documents7 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Golang GODebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 11
Latest updateMay 23

Description

Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgolang/go1.17.0 — 1.17.7+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Incorrect computation for some invalid field elements in crypto/elliptic↗2022-05-23
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GHSA
GHSA-8c83-vp4v-h7fq: Curve↗2022-02-12
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CVEList
CVE-2022-23806: Curve↗2022-02-11
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OSV
CVE-2022-23806: Curve↗2022-02-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
golang: crypto/elliptic: IsOnCurve returns true for invalid field elements↗2022-02-11
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Microsoft
Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.↗2022-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-23806: golang-1.15 - Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7...↗2022
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CVE-2022-23806 — Unchecked Return Value in Golang GO | cvebase