CVE-2023-50981

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

<1%p53

Published

Dec 18, 2023 (Dec 18, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

Vendors: cryptopp
Products: crypto\+\+
Weakness: CWE-835
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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