CVE-2021-38195

EUVD-2021-1711
An issue was discovered in the libsecp256k1 crate before 0.5.0 for Rust. It can verify an invalid signature because it allows the R or S parameter to be larger than the curve order, aka an overflow.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 38%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
paritylibsecp256k1
𝑥
< 0.5.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/libsecp256k1/RUSTSEC-2021-0076.md
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0076.html
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/libsecp256k1/RUSTSEC-2021-0076.md
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0076.html