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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-14859

Without proper verification, an attacker could use a malleable signature to create false transactions.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 1.53%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A flaw was found in all python-ecdsa versions before 0.13.3, where it did not correctly verify whether signatures used DER encoding. Without this verification, a malformed signature could be accepted, making the signature malleable. Without proper verification, an attacker could use a malleable signature to create false transactions.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.53% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-347
Affected
python-ecdsa project/python-ecdsa · redhat/ceph storage · redhat/openstack · redhat/virtualization
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.