Medium severity · published May 2, 2019
CVE-2018-12404
A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content
5.9
CVSS
44.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)44.2% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NS
Network Security Services · Mozilla
before 3.41 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12404
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2237
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
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