CVE-2022-45195 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SimpleXMQ before 3.4.0, as used in SimpleX Chat before 4.2, does not apply a key derivation function to intended data, which can interfere with forward secrecy and can have other impacts if there is a compromise of a single private key. This occurs in the X3DH key exchange for the double ratchet protocol.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00193.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Simplex	Simplex Chat Simplexmq

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48103	SimpleXMQ before 3.4.0, as used in SimpleX Chat before 4.2, does not apply a key derivation function to intended data, which can interfere with forward secrecy and can have other impacts if there is a compromise of a single private key. This occurs in the X3DH key exchange for the double ratchet protocol.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/compare/v3.3.0...v3.4.0
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/pull/548
https://github.com/trailofbits/publications/blob/master/reviews/SimpleXChat.pdf
https://simplex.chat/blog/20221108-simplex-chat-v4.2-security-audit-new-website.html

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T13:37:08.170Z

Reserved: 2022-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45195

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:09:56.653Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-12T19:15:10.707

Modified: 2025-05-01T14:15:34.660

Link: CVE-2022-45195

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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