CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3995
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.
Affected configurations
• cryptopp crypto\+\+ (<= 5.6.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85975 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/146 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85975 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/146 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory