Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-35165

Medium

Published: 22 May 2024

Published
22 May 2024
Modified
06 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.4th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-35165 is a medium-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, versions before 4.1.5, and Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions before 4.6, contain an Observable Timing Discrepancy Vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dell
bsafe crypto-c-micro-edition
≤ 4.1.5
dell
bsafe micro-edition-suite
≤ 4.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-203 CWE-208

Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.

addresses: CWE-208 CWE-203

Observable timing discrepancies are a primary mechanism for constructing covert timing channels; analysis identifies and bounds them, limiting exploitation.

addresses: CWE-203

Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.

References