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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-36421

Because of a side channel in modular exponentiation, an RSA private key used in a secure enclave could be disclosed.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.58%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in Arm Mbed TLS before 2.23.0. Because of a side channel in modular exponentiation, an RSA private key used in a secure enclave could be disclosed.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.58% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-203
Affected
arm/mbed tls · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.