5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-20949
STM32Cube RSA Padding Vulnerability
Description

Bleichenbacher's attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 padding for RSA in STM32 cryptographic firmware library software expansion for STM32Cube (UM1924). The vulnerability can allow one to use Bleichenbacher's oracle attack to decrypt an encrypted ciphertext by making successive queries to the server using the vulnerable library, resulting in remote information disclosure.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 20, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-20949 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 St stm32cubef0
2 St stm32cubef1
3 St stm32cubef2
4 St stm32cubef3
5 St stm32cubef4
6 St stm32cubef7
7 St stm32cubeg0
8 St stm32cubeg4
9 St stm32cubeh7
10 St stm32cubeide
11 St stm32cubel0
12 St stm32cubel1
13 St stm32cubel4
14 St stm32cubel4\+
15 St stm32cubel5
16 St stm32cubemonitor
17 St stm32cubemp1
18 St stm32cubemx
19 St stm32cubeprogrammer
20 St stm32cubewb
21 St stm32cubewl
1 Ietf public_key_cryptography_standards_\#1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-20949.

URL Resource
http://archiv.infsec.ethz.ch/education/fs08/secsem/bleichenbacher98.pdf Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://st.com Product
http://x-cube-cryptolib.com Broken Link
https://bi-zone.medium.com/silence-will-fall-or-how-it-can-take-2-years-to-get-your-vuln-registered-e6134846f5bb Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/x-cube-cryptolib.html Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-20949 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-326 CWE-327
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://archiv.infsec.ethz.ch/education/fs08/secsem/bleichenbacher98.pdf No Types Assigned http://archiv.infsec.ethz.ch/education/fs08/secsem/bleichenbacher98.pdf Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://st.com No Types Assigned http://st.com Product
    Changed Reference Type http://x-cube-cryptolib.com No Types Assigned http://x-cube-cryptolib.com Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bi-zone.medium.com/silence-will-fall-or-how-it-can-take-2-years-to-get-your-vuln-registered-e6134846f5bb No Types Assigned https://bi-zone.medium.com/silence-will-fall-or-how-it-can-take-2-years-to-get-your-vuln-registered-e6134846f5bb Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/x-cube-cryptolib.html No Types Assigned https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/x-cube-cryptolib.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-326
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubef7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubeg0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubeg4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubeh7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubeide:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubel0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubel1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubel4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubel4\+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubel5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubemonitor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubemp1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubemx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubeprogrammer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubewb:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:st:stm32cubewl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ietf:public_key_cryptography_standards_\#1:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.18 }} 0.03%

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0.56422

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