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CVE-2020-17478

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-203

Description

ECDSA/EC/Point.pm in Crypt::Perl before 0.33 does not properly consider timing attacks against the EC point multiplication algorithm.

Affected products

• P5-Crypt-Perl Project P5-Crypt-Perl: before 0.33 — fixed in 0.33

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: P5-Crypt-Perl Project P5-Crypt-Perl 0.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/FGasper/p5-Crypt-Perl/compare/0.32...0.33
• https://github.com/FGasper/p5-Crypt-Perl/compare/0.32...0.33

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