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CVE-2024-21502 Detail

Description

Versions of the package fastecdsa before 2.3.2 are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable on the stack, via the curvemath_mul function in src/curveMath.c, due to being used and interpreted as user-defined type. Depending on the variable's actual value it could be arbitrary free(), arbitrary realloc(), null pointer dereference and other. Since the stack can be controlled by the attacker, the vulnerability could be used to corrupt allocator structure, leading to possible heap exploitation. The attacker could cause denial of service by exploiting this vulnerability.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://gist.github.com/keltecc/49da037072276f21b005a8337c15db26
https://github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/blob/v2.3.1/src/curveMath.c%23L210
https://github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/57fc5689c95d649dab7ef60cc99ac64589f01e36
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-FASTECDSA-6262045

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable Snyk  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-21502
NVD Published Date:
02/24/2024
NVD Last Modified:
02/26/2024
Source:
Snyk