Important 2018-07 archive

Executive Summary

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library that is caused by multiple bugs in the library’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) implementation. An attacker could potentially abuse these bugs to learn information about a server’s private ECC key (a key leakage attack) or craft an invalid ECDSA signature that nevertheless passes as valid. The security update addresses the vulnerability by fixing the bugs disclosed in the ECC implementation. In addition, an internal review resulted in other improvements to prevent rare failures in ECDH and ECDSA when using the NUMS curves.

Overview

Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
Category Security Feature Bypass
Released Jul 10 2018
Last Updated Jul 10 2018
Publicly Disclosed No
CISA KEV Not Listed
Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score

No EPSS score available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

1 affected product
Product KB Article Severity Impact Restart Required
Microsoft Research JavaScript Cryptography Library V1.4 Release Details (Security Update) Important Security Feature Bypass Maybe

Patches

1 patch
Article Type Restart
Release Details Security Update Maybe

Known Exploits

Acknowledgments