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🛡️ CVE-2023-24532 on Ubuntu — golang-1.10

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

The ScalarMult and ScalarBaseMult methods of the P256 Curve may return an incorrect result if called with some specific unreduced scalars (a scalar larger than the order of the curve). This does not impact usages of crypto/ecdsa or crypto/ecdh.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-24532 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package golang-1.10. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24532 is classified as CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation. The product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24532 is recorded against 9 packages.

  • golang-1.10
  • golang-1.13
  • golang-1.14
  • golang-1.16
  • golang-1.17
  • golang-1.18
  • golang-1.6
  • golang-1.8
  • golang-1.9

Timeline and source

Published on 8 March 2023 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
golangtutorial.dev (Report)
github.com (Report)
go-review.googlesource.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

golang-1.10 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation) in other software:

CVE-2023-24532 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-03-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
golang-1.10 — —
golang-1.13 — —
golang-1.14 — —
golang-1.16 — —
golang-1.17 — —
golang-1.18 — —
golang-1.6 — —
golang-1.8 — —
golang-1.9 — —

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