Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-50981
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity infinite loop in the libcrypto++ package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Debian:13 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Debian:14 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50981 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50981 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H