{"id":"CVE-2019-12813","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12813","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:22.381Z","title":"An attacker who sniffs an encrypted fingerprint image can easily decrypt that image using the key and salt.","description":"An issue was discovered in Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key and salt used for obfuscating the fingerprint image exhibit cleartext when the fingerprint scanner device transfers a fingerprint image to the driver. An attacker who sniffs an encrypted fingerprint image can easily decrypt that image using the key and salt.","published":"2019-06-13T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:15:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["crossmatch/digital persona u.are.u 4500 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01131,"percentile":0.66265,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grirez2xeas","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXJDyEOatM","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grirez2xeas","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXJDyEOatM","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12813","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}