Vulnerability in Western Digital Sweet B Library

CVE-2022-23002

When compressing or decompressing a point on the NIST P-256 elliptic curve with an X coordinate of zero, the resulting output is not properly reduced modulo the P-256 field prime and is invalid. The resulting output will cause an error when used in other operations. This may be leveraged by an attacker to cause an error scenario in applications which use the library, resulting in a limited denial of service for an individual user. The scope of impact cannot extend to other components.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23002?
CVE-2022-23002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Western Digital Sweet B Library, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-23002?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.