PoC Index

CVE-2023-42811

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.3%

aes-gcm is a pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.10.3, in the AES GCM implementation of decrypt_in_place_detached, the decrypted ciphertext (i.e. the correct plaintext) is exposed even if tag verification fails. If a program using the `aes-gcm` crate's `decrypt_in_place*` APIs accesses the buffer after decryption failure, it will contain a decryption of an unauthenticated input. Depending on the specific nature of the program this may enable Chosen Ciphertext Attacks (CCAs) which can cause a catastrophic breakage of the cipher including full plaintext recovery. Version 0.10.3 contains a fix for this issue.

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 18th percentile
Published
2023-09-22
Updated
2025-06-18

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

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