CVE-2022-46505 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue in MatrixSSL 4.5.1-open and earlier leads to failure to securely check the SessionID field, resulting in the misuse of an all-zero MasterSecret that can decrypt secret data.

Published: 2023-01-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matrixssl:matrixssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49309	An issue in MatrixSSL 4.5.1-open and earlier leads to failure to securely check the SessionID field, resulting in the misuse of an all-zero MasterSecret that can decrypt secret data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00755.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/SmallTown123/details-for-CVE-2022-46505
https://smalltown123.notion.site/MatrixSSL-session-resume-bug-a0

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Matrixssl Matrixssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T16:45:17.188Z

Reserved: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46505

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.379Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-18T16:15:11.320

Modified: 2025-04-04T17:15:47.240

Link: CVE-2022-46505

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-665

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