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libcrypto++ — security advisory
gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.
- Products
- libcrypto++
- Affected versions
- 5.6.1-6, 5.6.1-6+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, 5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1, 5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 5.6.1-8, 5.6.1-9, 5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1, 5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1, 5.6.4-8, 5.6.4-9, 5.6.4-9build1, 8.4.0-1, 8.6.0-2ubuntu1, 8.8.0-1, 8.9.0-1, 8.9.0-1.1, 8.9.0-1.1build1, 8.9.0-2, 8.9.0-2build1, 8.9.0-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-50980
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50980
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Complete source record
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