CVE-2018-12404

moderate-risk
Published 2019-05-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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14.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 85% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal