What is CVE-2020-17478?

CVE-2020-17478 is a high-severity vulnerability in P5-Crypt-Perl Project, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-17478?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-17478 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in P5-Crypt-Perl Project

CVE-2020-17478

ECDSA/EC/Point.pm in Crypt::Perl before 0.33 does not properly consider timing attacks against the EC point multiplication algorithm.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

P5-crypt-perl_project P5-crypt-perl
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy

Public proof-of-concept exploits

FGasper/p5-Crypt-Perl

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17478?: CVE-2020-17478 is a high-severity vulnerability in P5-Crypt-Perl Project, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-17478?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-17478 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.