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CVE-2024-48949

elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.2

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

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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 · 8.2
CVSS: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