CVE-2024-42460 (GCVE-0-2024-42460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-02 15:06 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-130 - Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
elliptic_project elliptic Affected: 6.5.6
    cpe:2.3:a:elliptic_project:elliptic:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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