Timing Attack Affecting openssl-universal package, versions >=1.1.1h, <1.1.2000


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-COCOAPODS-OPENSSLUNIVERSAL-12201367
  • published26 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Feb 2023
  • creditHubert Kario

Introduced: 7 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-4304  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade OpenSSL-Universal to version 1.1.2000 or higher.

Overview

OpenSSL-Universal is a complete solution to OpenSSL on iOS and OSX

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack in rsa/rsa_ossl.c. An attacker can recover ciphertext with a Bleichenbacher style attack by sending a large number of trial messages (Marvin). This affects all RSA padding modes: PKCS#1 v1.5, RSA-OEAP, and RSASVE.

CVSS Base Scores

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