Description
The aescrypt gem 1.0.0 for Ruby does not randomize the CBC IV for use with the AESCrypt.encrypt and AESCrypt.decrypt functions, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a chosen plaintext attack.
Published: 2017-04-19
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0161 The aescrypt gem 1.0.0 for Ruby does not randomize the CBC IV for use with the AESCrypt.encrypt and AESCrypt.decrypt functions, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a chosen plaintext attack.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4c4w-3q45-hp9j Aescrypt does not sufficiently use random values
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Aescrypt Project Aescrypt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:16.643Z

Reserved: 2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-7463

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-19T17:59:00.143

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2013-7463

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