Vulnerability in Gnupg Libgcrypt
CVE-2019-12904
In Libgcrypt 1.8.4, the C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language impl…
EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Gnupg Libgcrypt — versions 1.8.4
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12904?
- CVE-2019-12904 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnupg Libgcrypt, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-06-20.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12904?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12904 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.