Crypto++ through 8.4 contains a timing side channel in ECDSA signature generation. Function FixedSizeAllocatorWithCleanup could write to memory outside of the allocation if the allocated memory was not 16-byte aligned. NOTE: this issue exists because the CVE-2019-14318 fix was intentionally removed for functionality reasons.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-48570 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.82%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.65% | 0.82% | +0.17% |
| 2 | 2026-05-17 | 0.52% | 0.65% | +0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 0.52% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2022-48570 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libcrypto++), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48570 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-48570 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libcrypto++), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 4. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48570 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cryptopp | crypto\+\+ | <= 8.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/992 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/releases/tag/CRYPTOPP_8_4_0 | Release Notes |