CVE-2019-11840

An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576

published May 9, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
89.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576. A flaw was found in the amd64 implementation of the golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20 and golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20/salsa packages. If more than 256 GiB of keystream is generated, or if the counter otherwise grows greater than 32 bits, the amd64 implementation will first generate incorrect output, and then cycle back to previously generated keystream. Repeated keystream bytes can lead to loss of confidentiality in encryption applications, or to predictability in CSPRNG applications.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03452 · 89.0th percentile
Published
2019-05-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 00:00Z
    An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576
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