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CVE-2024-45191

Published: Aug 22, 2024Updated: Jun 17, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-208
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 64.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3.2.16. The AES implementation is vulnerable to cache-timing attacks due to use of S-boxes. This is related to software that uses a lookup table for the SubWord step. This refers to the libolm implementation of Olm. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-208

Affected Products

olmmatrix
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
n/an/a
matrixoss-projectGBCommunicationsaka synapse, matrix irc bridge, javascript sdk

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/
gitlab.matrix.org
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/6d4b5b07887821a95b144091c8497d09d377f985
gitlab.matrix.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41249371
news.ycombinator.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2024
Last Updated
Jun 17, 2025

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