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CVE-2020-13822 Details

Description

The Elliptic package 6.5.2 for Node.js allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations in encoding, leading '\0' bytes, or integer overflows. This could conceivably have a security-relevant impact if an application relied on a single canonical signature.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4 CVE
https://www.npmjs.com/package/elliptic CVEThird Party Advisory
https://yondon.blog/2019/01/01/how-not-to-use-ecdsa/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226 [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
indutny elliptic
6.5.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-13822
NVD Published Date:
Jun 4, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-13822 Details - Not Deferred