5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-12404
OpenSSL RSA Handshake Side Channel Decryption Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2021, 7:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-12404 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12404 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla network_security_services

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Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
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Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

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Shell

Updated: 5 years, 3 months ago
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Born at : July 18, 2019, 10:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 124 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-12404 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12404 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-040-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-310 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2237 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404 Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-310
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.41
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.66 }} -2.17%

score

0.94011

percentile

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