CVE-2016-3995
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.
How to fix CVE-2016-3995
To remediate CVE-2016-3995, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libcrypto++—upgrade to 5.6.3-6 or later
Is CVE-2016-3995 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.6.3-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |