CVE-2023-50980 — Crypto vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian LibcryptoCryptopp Crypto
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateDec 27

Description

gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcryptopp/crypto8.9.0
▶debiandebian/libcrypto< libcrypto++ 8.9.0-2 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x2gw-hrqg-xq6x: gf2n↗2023-12-27
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OSV
CVE-2023-50980: gf2n↗2023-12-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2023-50980: libcrypto++ - gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a de...↗2023
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
TRIAGE CVE-2023-50980 cryptopp: DoS via malformed DER public key file [epel-all]↗2023-12-18
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CVE-2023-50980 — Cryptopp Crypto vulnerability | cvebase