Information Exposure Affecting wolfssl package, versions <3.15.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-WOLFSSL-11773360
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed15 Jun 2018

Introduced: 15 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12436  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 wolfssl to version 3.15.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wolfssl package and not the wolfssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c in wolfSSL before 3.15.1.patch allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.