CVE-2023-24532

medium

Description

The ScalarMult and ScalarBaseMult methods of the P256 Curve may return an incorrect result if called with some specific unreduced scalars (a scalar larger than the order of the curve). This does not impact usages of crypto/ecdsa or crypto/ecdh.

References

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1621

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/3-TpUx48iQY

https://go.dev/issue/58647

https://go.dev/cl/471255

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-08

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N