CVE-2024-42460
Elliptic's ECDSA missing check for whether leading bit of r and s is zero
medium entropyCVE-2024-42460GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw
Entropy / wallet impact
elliptic: 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.
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.
Affected
| Kind | Name | Ecosystem | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| package | elliptic | npm | >= 2.0.0, <= 6.5.6 |
CWE
Primary sources
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw (ghsa)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42460 (ghsa)
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317 (ghsa)
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/b6ff1758d9a6d1a7aec177ff6df9f586492a6315 (ghsa)
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/accb61e9c1a005e5c8ff96a8b33893100bb42d11 (ghsa)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0005 (ghsa)
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic (osv)