CVE-2024-42460

Exp

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.

Published: 2024-08-02 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-42460 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-42460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-42460

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 0.18% 0.46% +0.28%
2 2025-11-15 0.14% 0.18% +0.04%
3 2025-09-10 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-42460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-42460

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-42460

GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw · Severity: low · Ecosystem: npm — Elliptic's ECDSA missing check for whether leading bit of r and s is zero

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-42460

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-42460 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-elliptic), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42460
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42460
suse medium CVE-2024-42460 severity moderate: SUSE including 66 source package names (cockpit, cockpit-bridge, …), 312 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (34 product lines)): Known Not Affected 302, Fixed 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42460/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-42460 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-elliptic), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): needs-triage 6, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-42460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
indutny elliptic 6.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2024-42460

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