Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting org.webjars.npm:elliptic package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8184979
  • published13 Oct 2024
  • disclosed10 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-48949  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:elliptic is a Fast elliptic-curve cryptography in a plain javascript implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to improper range validation of the S value in the verify function, allowing the usage of an invalid signature.

Note:

This vulnerability could have a security-relevant impact if an application relies on the uniqueness of a signature.

CVSS Scores

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