CVE-2024-48949
elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 10, 2024
Updated · October 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Elliptic package. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass EDDSA signature validation via improper handling of signature values where the S() component of the signature is not properly checked for being non-negative or smaller than the curve order.
Statement
Thunderbird is not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ELS.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature