CVE-2021-40530

The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain…

published September 6, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01157 · 66.8th percentile
Published
2021-09-06T18:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 18:44Z
    The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain…
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