GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw Elliptic's ECDSA missing check for whether leading bit of r and s is zero

LOW Published 2024-08-02 Modified 2025-11-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-42460
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
elliptic
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-130
Reviewed
2024-08-05

Affected packages

• npm elliptic: >= 2.0.0, < 6.5.7 → fixed in 6.5.7

Description

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-42460 In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency weakness

References