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CVE-2012-0884
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 13.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.2% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (23)
- FEDORA-2012-4630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-18035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100162507 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1307 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120312.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 48895 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 48580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#737740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-4665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- HPSBOV02793 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 57353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0426 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBUX02782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SSRT100852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-4659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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