CVE-2023-50981 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Crypto++ (cryptopp) versions up to 8.9.0. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing crafted DER public-key data containing squared odd numbers to the ModularSquareRoot function. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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