Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-50979
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libcrypto++ package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 has a Marvin side channel during decryption with PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Debian:13 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Debian:14 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libcrypto++ | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979 |