CVE-2012-0884 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0884?

CVE-2012-0884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 13 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The implementation of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and PKCS #7 in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h does not properly restrict certain oracle behavior, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt data via a Million Message Attack (MMA) adaptive chosen ciphertext attack.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0884?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0884?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-0884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0884, GHSA-wwwj-58hm-mxm3, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0884.