Vulnerability in Meow Hash Project
CVE-2021-37606
Meow hash 0.5/calico does not sufficiently thwart key recovery by an attacker who can query whether there's a collision in the bottom bits of the hashes of two messages, as demonstrated by an attack against a long-running web service that allows the attacker to infer collisions by measuring timing differences.
EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Meow_hash_project Meow_hash — versions 0.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-37606?
- CVE-2021-37606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Meow Hash Project, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-07-30.
- How severe is CVE-2021-37606?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.