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CVE-2024-21664

Parsing JSON serialized payload without protected field can lead to segfault PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

jwx is a Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. Calling `jws.Parse` with a JSON serialized payload where the `signature` field is present while `protected` is absent can lead to a nil pointer dereference. The vulnerability can be used to crash/DOS a system doing JWS verification. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 2.0.19 and 1.2.28.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
lestrrat-go / jwxaffected >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.19; affected >= 1.0.8, < 1.2.28

CWE

CWE-476

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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