GHSA-hrjm-c879-pp86HighCVSS 7.5

libsecp256k1 contains side-channel timing attack

Published
August 25, 2021
Last Modified
August 25, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Versions of libsecp256k1 prior to 0.3.1 did not execute Scalar::check_overflow in constant time. This allows an attacker to potentially leak information via a timing attack. The flaw was corrected by modifying Scalar::check_overflow to execute in constant time.

🎯 Affected products1

  • rust/libsecp256k1:< 0.3.1

🔗 References (4)