CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12436
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c in wolfSSL before 3.15.1.patch allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.
Affected configurations
• wolfssl wolfssl (< 3.15.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/9b9568d500f31f964af26ba8d01e542e1f27e5ca Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wolfssl.com/wolfssh-and-rohnp/ Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/9b9568d500f31f964af26ba8d01e542e1f27e5ca Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wolfssl.com/wolfssh-and-rohnp/ Vendor Advisory