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CVE-2020-25082 (GCVE-0-2020-25082)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-10 15:28 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:26
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Summary
An attacker with physical access to Nuvoton Trusted Platform Module (NPCT75x 7.2.x before 7.2.2.0) could extract an Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) private key via a side-channel attack against ECDSA, because of an Observable Timing Discrepancy.
Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:P/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
CWE
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