CVE-2024-2881

MEDIUM

WolfSSL <5.6.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Fault Injection vulnerability in wc_ed25519_sign_msg function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/ed25519.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the ed25519_key structure.

References (1)

[Release Notes] https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.7.0-stable

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0041

EPSS Percentile 61.5%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-252 CWE-1256 CWE-74

Status published

Products (1)

wolfssl/wolfssl 5.6.6

Published Aug 30, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026