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CVE-2017-13091

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13091 describes critical flaws in the IEEE P1735 standard for encrypting electronic-design intellectual property (IP), specifically improper padding in CBC mode, which allows an EDA tool to act as a decryption oracle. This vulnerability enables attackers to recover entire plaintext IP without the encryption key, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive designs. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the attack vector is local with low complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:-:-:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/739007
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/101699
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry