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
References (16)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
12/34 · Low
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal