VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-50981

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.76%
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

ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-835
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-835

Primary references