CVE-2017-12974: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

August 20, 2017 (updated November 16, 2019)

Nimbus JOSE+JWT proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12974

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