CVE-2024-28285 — Information Exposure via Error Message in Libcrypto

CWE-209 — Information Exposure via Error MessageCWE-285 — Improper Authorization5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Debian Libcrypto
Timeline
PublishedMay 14

Description

A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of Cryptopp Crypto++ 8.9, allows an attacker to co-reside in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w4c4-h4jq-x3xh: A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal↗2024-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2024-28285: A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal↗2024-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2024-28285: libcrypto++ - A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elg...↗2024
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2024-28285 cryptopp: potential leak of secret key of ElGamal encryption via fault injection [epel-all]↗2024-05-14
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