CVE-2021-43568 (GCVE-0-2021-43568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-09 21:06 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The verify function in the Stark Bank Elixir ECDSA library (ecdsa-elixir) 1.0.0 fails to check that the signature is non-zero, which allows attackers to forge signatures on arbitrary messages.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/11/08/technica… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/starkbank/ecdsa-elixir/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
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