CVE-2023-50981

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    CVE-2023-50981

    Published: 18 Dec 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50981.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50981, https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/1249

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -843d74c7c97f9e19a615b8ff3c0ca06599ca501b

    Affected versions

    CRYPTOPP_8_8_0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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