ubuntu-cve-2024-2881
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-30 00:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:47
Summary
Details

Fault Injection vulnerability in wc_ed25519_sign_msg function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/ed25519.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the ed25519_key structure.

Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libcyassl5",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl0",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "wolfssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.4.8+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl15",
            "binary_version": "3.13.0+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "wolfssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.13.0+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.10.2+dfsg-2",
        "3.12.0+dfsg-1",
        "3.12.2+dfsg-1",
        "3.13.0+dfsg-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl24",
            "binary_version": "4.3.0+dfsg-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "wolfssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@4.3.0+dfsg-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.1.0+dfsg-2",
        "4.2.0+dfsg-1",
        "4.2.0+dfsg-2",
        "4.2.0+dfsg-3",
        "4.3.0+dfsg-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl32",
            "binary_version": "5.2.0-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "wolfssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@5.2.0-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.6.0-3",
        "5.0.0-1",
        "5.1.1-1",
        "5.2.0-1",
        "5.2.0-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl42t64",
            "binary_version": "5.6.6-1.3build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "wolfssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@5.6.6-1.3build1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.5.4-2",
        "5.5.4-2.1",
        "5.6.4-2",
        "5.6.6-1.2",
        "5.6.6-1.3",
        "5.6.6-1.3build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Fault Injection vulnerability in\u00a0wc_ed25519_sign_msg function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/ed25519.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker\u00a0co-resides in the same system with a victim process to\u00a0disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the ed25519_key structure.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2881",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:47:55Z",
  "published": "2024-08-30T00:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2881"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2881"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.7.0-stable"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-2881"
  ]
}



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