Medium severity · published Aug 22, 2024
CVE-2024-45191
An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3.2.16
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3.2.16. The AES implementation is vulnerable to cache-timing attacks due to use of S-boxes. This is related to software that uses a lookup table for the SubWord step. This refers to the libolm implementation of Olm. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OL
Olm · Matrix
through 3.2.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45191
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45191
Product
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/
Patch
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/6d4b5b07887821a95b144091c8497d09d377f985
Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41249371
Exploit
https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/
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