DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14853

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CVE-2019-14853
Published: 26 Nov 2019, 13:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Nov 2019, 13:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An error-handling flaw was found in python-ecdsa before version 0.13.3. During signature decoding, malformed DER signatures could raise unexpected exceptions (or no exceptions at all), which could lead to a denial of service.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•python-ecdsa

    < 0.13.3-1 | < 0.13.3-1 | < 0.13.3-1 | < 0.13.3-1

References (1)