CVE-2017-12974

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/08/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.9.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:2.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.9.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:2.0:::::::*

CVE-2017-12974

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools