CWE-1255 Comparison Logic is Vulnerable to Power Side-Channel Attacks

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A device's real time power consumption may be monitored during security token evaluation and the information gleaned may be used to determine the value of the reference token.

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parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

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vulnerabilities (4)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2024-25714UScritical9.8—
In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification uses a strcmp function that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks, because it stops the comparison when the first difference…
CVE-2015-9240UShigh7.5—
Due to a bug in the the default sign in functionality in the keystone node module before 0.3.16, incomplete email addresses could be matched. A correct password is still required t…
CVE-2025-3301US——
DPA countermeasures are unavailable for ECDH key agreement and EdDSA signing operations on Curve25519 and Curve448 on all Series 2 modules and SoCs due to a lack of hardware and so…
CVE-2024-39920US——
The TCP protocol in RFC 9293 has a timing side channel that makes it easier for remote attackers to infer the content of one TCP connection from a client system (to any server), wh…
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attack patterns (1)

CAPEC attack patterns that exploit this.

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