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CVE-2016-5429

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5429 describes a timing attack vulnerability in jose-php before version 2.2.1, specifically within its JWE.php and JWS.php components. This flaw arises because the software does not utilize constant-time operations for HMAC comparisons, potentially allowing remote attackers to infer sensitive information. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jose-php_project:jose-php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.7LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 1,505 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / nov/jose-php/commit/1cce55e27adf0274193eb1cd74b927a398a3df4b
Patch
github.com / nov/jose-php/commit/f03b986b4439e20b0fd635109b48afe96cf0099b
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/92743
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry