Vulnerability in Mozilla Network_security_services

CVE-2018-12404

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 pr…

EPSS: 0.444 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12404?
CVE-2018-12404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Network_security_services. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-12404?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12404 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.