Vulnerability in Arm Mbed_tls

CVE-2024-23170

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.x before 2.28.7 and 3.x before 3.5.2. There was a timing side channel in RSA private operations. This side channel could be sufficient for a local attacker to recover the plaintext. It requires the att…

EPSS: 0.002 (43.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23170?
CVE-2024-23170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Mbed_tls, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-23170?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-23170 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.