ubuntu-cve-2022-23806
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-02-11 01:15
Modified
2026-07-09 10:38
Summary
Details

Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23806",
  "modified": "2026-07-09T10:38:29Z",
  "published": "2022-02-11T01:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23806"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23806"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-23806"
  ]
}



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