VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-50980

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-12-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references