VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10846

CVSS score5.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
  • CWE-385: Covert Timing Channel

Primary references