CVE-2016-3995 describes a timing attack vulnerability affecting Crypto++ versions prior to 5.6.4. The issue stems from compiler optimizations removing timing attack protections in the Rijndael encryption and decryption functions, specifically ProcessAndXorBlock. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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