CVE-2023-50979 (GCVE-0-2023-50979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:23
VLAI
Summary
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 has a Marvin side channel during decryption with PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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