CVE-2024-1545
Fault Injection of RSA encryption in WolfCrypt
CVE-2024-1545 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Wolfssl Wolfcrypt, published April 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 47th percentile. Fixed in wolfssl 5.7.0-r0.
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Fault Injection of RSA encryption in WolfCrypt
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1256, CWE-252
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-17292
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
EUVD-2024-17292- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9chr-m38j-w26g
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in...
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
GHSA-9chr-m38j-w26g- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-252, CWE-1256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-252, CWE-1256, CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2024-1545
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2024-1545
- Record
BELL-CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Fault Injection of RSA encryption in WolfCrypt
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1256, CWE-252
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-1545
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1545
Fault Injection vulnerability in RsaPrivateDecryption function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c in WolfSSL wolfssl5.6.6 on Linux/Windows allows remote attacker co-resides in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges via Rowhammer fault injection to the RsaKey structure.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
wolfsslAlpine:v3.20 |
before 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslAlpine:v3.21 |
before 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslAlpine:v3.22 |
before 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslAlpine:v3.23 |
before 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslAlpine:v3.24 |
before 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslAlpaquita:23 |
5.5.3-r0 and later | None known |
wolfsslAlpaquita:stream |
5.5.4-r0 up to 5.7.0-r0 | 5.7.0-r0 |
wolfsslDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.5.4-25.5.4-2+deb12u15.5.4-2+deb12u25.5.4-2+deb12u35.5.4-2.1 Show 24 moreShow less5.6.4-15.6.4-25.6.6-15.6.6-1.15.6.6-1.25.6.6-1.35.6.6-1.3~exp15.7.0-0.15.7.0-0.25.7.0-0.35.7.2-0.15.7.2-0.25.7.2-0.35.7.2-0.45.8.2-15.8.2-1.15.8.2-1.25.8.4-15.9.0-0.15.9.0-0.25.9.1-0.15.9.2-15.9.2-1.15.9.2-1.2 |
None known |
wolfsslDebian:13 |
before 5.7.0-0.3 | 5.7.0-0.3 |
wolfsslUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.4.8+dfsg-1 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
wolfsslUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.10.2+dfsg-23.12.0+dfsg-13.12.2+dfsg-13.13.0+dfsg-1 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.1.0+dfsg-24.2.0+dfsg-14.2.0+dfsg-24.2.0+dfsg-34.3.0+dfsg-2 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.6.0-35.0.0-15.1.1-15.2.0-15.2.0-2 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.5.4-25.5.4-2.15.6.4-25.6.6-1.25.6.6-1.35.6.6-1.3build1 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.7.2-0.1 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.9.1-0.15.9.2-1 |
None known |
wolfsslUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.7.2-0.15.8.2-1.25.8.4-15.9.1-0.1 |
None known |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected, aliases, references | OSV |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |