UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13822

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13822
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13822.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13822
Upstream
Published
2020-06-04T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:09Z
Severity
  • 7.7 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.4.0+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.4.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.4.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.5.1~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.1~dfsg-1
6.5.1~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.5.1~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}