CVE-2025-13912: Potential non-constant time compiled code with Clang LLVM
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-13912 is a low (CVSS 1.0) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in wolfssl. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 11-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple constant-time implementations in wolfSSL before version 5.8.4 may be transformed into non-constant-time binary by LLVM optimizations, which can potentially result in observable timing discrepancies and lead to information disclosure through timing side-channel attacks.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated1.0LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated1.0LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST1.0LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS trend
Probability
0.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
4%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, administrative account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfssl1 product
- wolfssl< 5.8.4
3 vendors · 3 products