tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled envir

Description

Private key can be extracted on signing a malicious JSON-stringifiable object, when global Buffer is buffer package

Recommendation

Update the tiny-secp256k1 package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): <= 1.1.6
Patched version(s): 1.1.7

References

GHSA-7mc2-6phr-23xc
CVE-2024-49364
CWE-522
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A4
OWASP 2021-A6

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