7.7
HIGH
CVE-2020-13822
Elliptic ECDSA Signature Encoding Malleability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 4, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2024, 1:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.5

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-13822 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elliptic_project elliptic
1 Indutny elliptic
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-13822.

URL Resource
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4
https://www.npmjs.com/package/elliptic Third Party Advisory
https://yondon.blog/2019/01/01/how-not-to-use-ecdsa/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-13822 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elliptic_project:elliptic:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://medium.com/%40herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://medium.com/@herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226 No Types Assigned https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://medium.com/@herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4 No Types Assigned https://medium.com/@herman_10687/malleability-attack-why-it-matters-7b5f59fb99a4 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.npmjs.com/package/elliptic No Types Assigned https://www.npmjs.com/package/elliptic Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://yondon.blog/2019/01/01/how-not-to-use-ecdsa/ No Types Assigned https://yondon.blog/2019/01/01/how-not-to-use-ecdsa/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elliptic_project:elliptic:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.35 }} 0.00%

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