Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-14967 · published 22 June 2020
CVE-2020-14967: Kjur jsrsasign memory buffer overflow vulnerability
Kjur · Jsrsasign
An issue was discovered in the jsrsasign package before 8.0.18 for Node.js. Its RSA PKCS1 v1.5 decryption implementation does not detect ciphertext modification by prepending '\0' bytes to ciphertexts (it decrypts modified ciphertexts without error). An attacker might prepend these bytes with the goal of triggering memory corruption issues.
Description
An issue was discovered in the jsrsasign package before 8.0.18 for Node.js. Its RSA PKCS1 v1.5 decryption implementation does not detect ciphertext modification by prepending '\0' bytes to ciphertexts (it decrypts modified ciphertexts without error). An attacker might prepend these bytes with the goal of triggering memory corruption issues.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/issues/439 | ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/releases/tag/8.0.17 | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/releases/tag/8.0.18 | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://kjur.github.io/jsrsasign/ | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0001/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsrsasign | ProductThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/issues/439 | ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/releases/tag/8.0.17 | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/releases/tag/8.0.18 | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://kjur.github.io/jsrsasign/ | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0001/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsrsasign | ProductThird Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-14967), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.