CVE-2019-14317

MEDIUMEPSS 77th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

Description

wolfSSL and wolfCrypt 4.1.0 and earlier (formerly known as CyaSSL) generate biased DSA nonces. This allows a remote attacker to compute the long term private key from several hundred DSA signatures via a lattice attack. The issue occurs because dsa.c fixes two bits of the generated nonces.

CWE-331

How to fix

Remediation Available

wolfsslDebian

Fixed in:4.2.0+dfsg-1CVE-2019-14317

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

wolfssl.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-331 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2008-1447	Medium	6.8	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-18326	High	7.5	54%	-	-
CVE-2018-15812	High	7.5	47%	-	-
CVE-2023-38357	Medium	5.3	5.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-3405	High	7.5	5.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2008-2108	Critical	9.8	4.3%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-14317?

Upgrade wolfssl on debian 12 to 4.2.0+dfsg-1 or later.

Is CVE-2019-14317 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-14317 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2019-14317?

CVE-2019-14317 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-14317 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for wolfssl (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-17.