CVE-2020-13822
HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 4, 2020 at 02:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElliptic
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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The Elliptic package 6.5.2 for Node.js allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations in encoding, leading '\0' bytes, or integer overflows. This could conceivably have a security-relevant impact if an application relied on a single canonical signature.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/226x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://yondon.blog/2019/01/01/how-not-to-use-ecdsa/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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