CVE-2024-5288: Safe-error attack on TLS 1.3 Protocol
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-5288 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in wolfssl inc. wolfssl. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 27-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 5.7.0. A safe-error attack via Rowhammer, namely FAULT+PROBE, leads to ECDSA key disclosure. When WOLFSSL_CHECK_SIG_FAULTS is used in signing operations with private ECC keys, such as in server-side TLS connections, the connection is halted if any fault occurs. The success rate in a certain amount of connection requests can be processed via an advanced technique for ECDSA key recovery.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.42%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
36%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.42% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.7.2-0.1
Ubuntu1 product
- wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfssl1 product
- wolfssl< 5.7.2
Wolfssl inc.1 product
- wolfssl≤ 5.7.0
4 vendors · 4 products
