When compressing or decompressing elliptic curve points using the Sweet B library, an incorrect choice of sign bit is used. An attacker with user level privileges and no other user's assistance can exploit this vulnerability with only knowledge of the public key and the library. The resulting output may cause an error when used in other operations; for instance, verification of a valid signature under a decompressed public key may fail. This may be leveraged by an attacker to cause an error scenario in applications which use the library, resulting in a limited denial of service for an individual user. The scope of impact cannot extend to other components.
Published 2022-07-29 19:15:08
Updated 2022-08-05 18:44:23
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2022-23001

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23001

0.08%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 32 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2022-23001

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.9
1.4
NIST
5.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.9
1.4
Western Digital

CWE ids for CVE-2022-23001

  • The product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.
    Assigned by:
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
    • psirt@wdc.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2022-23001

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