CVE-2020-36316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In RELIC before 2021-04-03, there is a buffer overflow in PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification because garbage bytes can be present.

Published: 2021-04-07

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:relic_project:relic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-23858	In RELIC before 2021-04-03, there is a buffer overflow in PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification because garbage bytes can be present.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01159.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic/
https://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic/commit/76c9a1fdf19d9e92e566a77376673e522aae9f80
https://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic/issues/155
https://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic/tree/32eb4c257fc80328061d66639b1cdb35dbed51a2

History

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Subscriptions

Relic Project Relic

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-04-07T20:10:08.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:10.527Z

Reserved: 2021-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36316

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-07T21:15:15.933

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:15:17.490

Link: CVE-2020-36316

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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