CVE-2020-36476
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.24.0 (and before 2.16.8 LTS and before 2.7.17 LTS). There is missing zeroization of plaintext buffers in mbedtls_ssl_read to erase unused application data
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.24.0 (and before 2.16.8 LTS and before 2.7.17 LTS). There is missing zeroization of plaintext buffers in mbedtls_ssl_read to erase unused application data
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-23 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 17:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-212Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or TransferBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9a96a349e812bf7ec376a43d87343040d632e456cbf96245a8404ae61be75bf
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.17
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.8
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211123 [SECURITY] [DLA 2826-1] mbedtls security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221225 [SECURITY] [DLA 3249-1] mbedtls security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.16.9-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.16.9-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.16.9-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mbedtls No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- mbedtls No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- mbedtls No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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