CVE-2023-33242

high

Description

Crypto wallets implementing the Lindell17 TSS protocol might allow an attacker to extract the full ECDSA private key by exfiltrating a single bit in every signature attempt (256 in total) because of not adhering to the paper's security proof's assumption regarding handling aborts after a failed signature.

References

https://www.fireblocks.com/blog/lindell17-abort-vulnerability-technical-report/

https://github.com/fireblocks-labs/zengo-lindell17-exploit-poc

https://github.com/fireblocks-labs/mpc-ecdsa-attacks-23

https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/552.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00554