CVE-2012-0884
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 13.2%EU EUVD
The implementation of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and PKCS #7 in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h does not properly restrict certain oracle behavior, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt data via a Million Message Attack (MMA) adaptive chosen ciphertext attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 13.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0907)
- Published
- March 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0907 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
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References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077086.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077221.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092905.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728068926468&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134039053214295&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0426.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1306.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1307.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1308.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57353
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2454
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737740(US Government Resource)
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120312.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100162507
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14330767
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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