title: Lindell17 TSS Abort Mishandling
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.
problem types: Private Key Exfiltration
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Wallet
vendor: Lindell TSS Implementations
versions:
status: affected, version: 17
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 9.6
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL