CVE-2019-16863

Description

STMicroelectronics ST33TPHF2ESPI TPM devices before 2019-09-12 allow attackers to extract the ECDSA private key via a side-channel timing attack because ECDSA scalar multiplication is mishandled, aka TPM-FAIL.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory st.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://tpm.fail third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32412503?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03972en_us third party advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-29406 third party advisory
https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/campaigns/tpm-update.html vendor advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV190024 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16863?
CVE-2019-16863 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16863?
To fix CVE-2019-16863, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-16863 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-16863 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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