CVE-2022-24884
moderate-risk
Published 2022-05-06
ecdsautils is a tiny collection of programs used for ECDSA (keygen, sign, verify). `ecdsa_verify_[prepare_]legacy()` does not check whether the signature values `r` and `s` are non-zero. A signature consisting only of zeroes is always considered valid, making it trivial to forge signatures. Requiring multiple signatures from different public keys does not mitigate the issue: `ecdsa_verify_list_legacy()` will accept an arbitrary number of such forged signatures. Both the `ecdsautil verify` CLI command and the libecdsautil library are affected. The issue has been fixed in ecdsautils 0.4.1. All older versions of ecdsautils (including versions before the split into a library and a CLI utility) are vulnerable.
Do I need to act?
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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 39b6d0a77414fd41614953a0e185c4eefa2f88ad
10
CVSS 10.0/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (7)
Affected Vendors
References (16)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/ecdsautils/security/advisories/GHSA-qhcg-9ffp-...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5132
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/ecdsautils/security/advisories/GHSA-qhcg-9ffp-...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5132
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
33/34 · Critical
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate