CVE-2021-24116
MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: July 14, 2021 at 12:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorwolfSSL
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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
In wolfSSL through 4.6.0, a side-channel vulnerability in base64 PEM file decoding allows system-level (administrator) attackers to obtain information about secret RSA keys via a controlled-channel and side-channel attack on software running in isolated environments that can be single stepped, especially Intel SGX.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/UzL-ITS/util-lookup/blob/main/cve-vulnerability-publication.mdx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releasesCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-203
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