CVE-2022-48570 Information disclosure in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A timing side channel in Crypto++ ECDSA signature generation allows attackers to potentially recover private keys.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-48570?

CVE-2022-48570 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Crypto++ through 8.4 contains a timing side channel in ECDSA signature generation. Function FixedSizeAllocatorWithCleanup could write to memory outside of the allocation if the allocated memory was not 16-byte aligned. NOTE: this issue exists because the CVE-2019-14318 fix was intentionally removed for functionality reasons.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48570?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cryptopp Crypto\+\+.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48570?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-48570 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-48570 exists.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48570, GHSA-mgx5-qmrg-fjwp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48570.

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