CVE-2021-40530 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-40530 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 06/09/2021 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: mitre | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-40530 Description

The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver\'s public key, the generator defined by the receiver\'s public key, and the sender\'s ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).