CVE-2023-50981 — Infinite Loop in Crypto

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cryptopp CryptoDebian Libcrypto
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateDec 27

Description

ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wrgh-jm24-7hv6: ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8↗2023-12-27
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OSV
CVE-2023-50981: ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8↗2023-12-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2023-50981: libcrypto++ - ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to c...↗2023
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
TRIAGE CVE-2023-50981 cryptopp: malformed DER public key file can trigger infinite loop condition [epel-all]↗2023-12-18
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