CVE-2019-14853 (GCVE-0-2019-14853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-26 12:06 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
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Summary
An error-handling flaw was found in python-ecdsa before version 0.13.3. During signature decoding, malformed DER signatures could raise unexpected exceptions (or no exceptions at all), which could lead to a denial of service.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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[UNKNOWN] python-ecdsa Affected: 0.13.3
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