What is CVE-2019-16992?

CVE-2019-16992 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keybase, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-16992?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Keybase

CVE-2019-16992

The Keybase app 2.13.2 for iOS provides potentially insufficient notice that it is employing a user's private key to sign a certain cryptocurrency attestation (that an address at keybase.io can be used for Stellar payments to the user), which might be incompatible with a user's personal position on the semantics of an attestation.

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Keybase — versions 2.13.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16992?: CVE-2019-16992 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keybase, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-16992?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.