CVE-2023-27560 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Math/PrimeField.php in phpseclib 3.x before 3.0.19 has an infinite loop with composite primefields.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Phpseclib	Phpseclib

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpseclib:phpseclib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3749-1	phpseclib security update
Debian DLA	DLA-3750-1	php-phpseclib security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-1036	Math/PrimeField.php in phpseclib 3.x before 3.0.19 has an infinite loop with composite primefields.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hm7p-r324-hhf3	phpseclib Infinite Loop vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/6298d1cd55c3ffa44533bd41906caec246b60440
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.19

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T20:19:00.544Z

Reserved: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27560

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:16:35.856Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-03T06:15:08.653

Modified: 2025-03-06T21:15:13.793

Link: CVE-2023-27560

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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