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CVE-2016-6882
MatrixSSL before 3.8.7, when the DHE_RSA based cipher suite is supported, makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain RSA private key…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.3%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
MatrixSSL before 3.8.7, when the DHE_RSA based cipher suite is supported, makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain RSA private key information by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20160819 Re: CVE request: MatrixSSL lack of RSA-CRT hardening (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://people.redhat.com/~fweimer/rsa-crt-leaks.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/blogs/766093/posts/1976703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/blob/master/CHANGES.md#validation-of-rsa-signature-creation (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 91488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .