CVE-2019-19962 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

wolfSSL before 4.3.0 mishandles calls to wc_SignatureGenerateHash, leading to fault injection in RSA cryptography.

Published: 2019-12-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9550	wolfSSL before 4.3.0 mishandles calls to wc_SignatureGenerateHash, leading to fault injection in RSA cryptography.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00904.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/23878512c65834d12811b1107d19a001478eca5d
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: 2019-12-24T23:03:39.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.116Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-19962

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-25T00:15:10.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:27:31.400

Link: CVE-2019-19962

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-347
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

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