CVE-2019-19960 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In wolfSSL before 4.3.0, wc_ecc_mulmod_ex does not properly resist side-channel attacks.

Published: 2019-12-24

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9548	In wolfSSL before 4.3.0, wc_ecc_mulmod_ex does not properly resist side-channel attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00955.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/5ee9f9c7a23f8ed093fe1e42bc540727e96cebb8
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v4.3.0-stable

History

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Subscriptions

Wolfssl Wolfssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-24T23:04:04.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.119Z

Reserved: 2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19960

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-25T00:15:10.757

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:27:31.290

Link: CVE-2019-19960

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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