CVE-2020-12607

An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2

published June 2, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2. When using the NIST P-256 curve in the ECDSA implementation, the point at infinity is mishandled. This means that for an extreme value in k and s^-1, the signature verification fails even if the signature is correct. This behavior is not solely a usability problem. There are some threat models where an attacker can benefit by successfully guessing users for whom signature verification will fail.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01311 · 70.4th percentile
Published
2020-06-02T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 21:00Z
    An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2
    cvelistv5