CVE-2024-2881 Fault Injection of EdDSA signature in WolfCrypt
A remote attacker co-resident on the system can use Rowhammer fault injection to disclose information and escalate privileges in WolfSSL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-2881?
CVE-2024-2881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl Wolfssl, published on 29 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Fault Injection vulnerability in wc_ed25519_sign_msg function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/ed25519.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the ed25519_key structure.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2881?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wolfssl Wolfssl.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2881?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-2881 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2881 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wolfssl Wolfssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2881, GHSA-p7fr-35j6-p64g, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2881.