CVE-2024-2236
Published: 06 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2236 is a medium-severity Covert Timing Channel (CWE-385) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27192
Vulnerability details
A timing-based side-channel flaw was found in libgcrypt's RSA implementation. This issue may allow a remote attacker to initiate a Bleichenbacher-style attack, which can lead to the decryption of RSA ciphertexts.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Directly targets covert timing channels by requiring identification and bandwidth estimation, enabling mitigation that reduces or eliminates their usability.