Libsecp256K1 Security Vulnerabilities - 2020

CVE-2019-20399

A timing vulnerability in the Scalar::check_overflow function in Parity libsecp256k1-rs before 0.3.1 potentially allows an attacker to leak information via a side-channel attack.

CVE-2019-25003

An issue was discovered in the libsecp256k1 crate before 0.3.1 for Rust. Scalar::check_overflow allows a timing side-channel attack; consequently, attackers can obtain sensitive information.