CVE-2005-1797

CVE-2005-1797 describes a design flaw in the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known as Rijndael, that allows remote attackers to recover AES keys through timing attacks on S-box lookups. This vulnerability primarily affects implementations of OpenSSL. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it is considered a medium-severity issue, requiring high attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.