CVE-2024-28285
criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEURUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of Cryptopp Crypto++ 8.9, allows an attacker to co-reside in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (29)
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also known as (4)
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references (5)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-28285/cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/liang-junkai/3e91f58070812ea76c1b8c126c3e28c7cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cryptopp-code-execution-via-SymmetricDecrypt-47354cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/liang-junkai/3e91f58070812ea76c1b8c126c3e28c7enisa_euvd
- https://gist.github.com/liang-junkai/3e91f58070812ea76c1b8c126c3e28c7nvd
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