CVE-2024-42459
Elliptic's EDDSA missing signature length check
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.
How to fix CVE-2024-42459
To remediate CVE-2024-42459, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/node-elliptic—no fix listed
- —upgrade to 6.5.7 or later
Is CVE-2024-42459 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- >= 4.0.0, < 6.5.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |