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CVE-2018-0497
ARM mbed TLS before 2.12.0, before 2.7.5, and before 2.1.14 allows remote attackers to achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.8%
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- debian
Description
ARM mbed TLS before 2.12.0, before 2.7.5, and before 2.1.14 allows remote attackers to achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite) via a timing-based side-channel attack. This vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix (with a wrong SHA-384 calculation) for CVE-2013-0169.
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)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (5 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
- plaintext recovery
Affected products
ARM mbed TLS before 2.12.0, before 2.7.5, and before 2.1.14
- affected ARM mbed TLS before 2.12.0, before 2.7.5, and before 2.1.14
References (4)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1518-1] polarssl security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4296 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2018-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4267-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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