CVE-2018-16870

N/A

Published: January 3, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorwolfSSL

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

It was found that wolfssl before 3.15.7 is vulnerable to a new variant of the Bleichenbacher attack to perform downgrade attacks against TLS. This may lead to leakage of sensible data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

wolfSSL · Wolfssl

95%

v < 3.15.7

Affected range stops below 3.15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/1950

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://cat.eyalro.net/

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/1950

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200CWE-310

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