CVE-2019-25003

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.21%

Flaw in Scalar::check_overflow allows side-channel timing attack

Published: 8/25/2021Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-hrjm-c879-pp86RUSTSEC-2019-0027

Description

Versions of `libsecp256k1` prior to `0.3.1` did not execute Scalar::check_overflow in constant time. This allows an attacker to potentially leak information via a timing attack. The flaw was corrected by modifying Scalar::check_overflow to execute in constant time.

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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