CVE-2020-12607
HIGH 8.7EPSS 1.3%
An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2. When using the NIST P-256 curve in the ECDSA implementation, the point at infinity is mishandled. This means that for an extreme value in k and s^-1, the signature verification fails even if the signature is correct. This behavior is not solely a usability problem. There are some threat models where an attacker can benefit by successfully guessing users for whom signature verification will fail.
- CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 5.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2020-06-02
- Updated
- 2024-08-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/issues/52289★ · 2026-09-24