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CVE-2019-14853
An error-handling flaw was found in python-ecdsa before version 0.13.3. During signature decoding, malformed DER signatures could raise…
Low3.7EPSS 2.4%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
An error-handling flaw was found in python-ecdsa before version 0.13.3. During signature decoding, malformed DER signatures could raise unexpected exceptions (or no exceptions at all), which could lead to a denial of service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 0.13.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/warner/python-ecdsa/releases/tag/python-ecdsa-0.13.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4588 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20191218 [SECURITY] [DSA 4588-1] python-ecdsa security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pwfw-mgfj-7g3g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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