IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture up to 7.5.51 ECDSA Signature timing discrepancy
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture and 4769 Developers Toolkit up to 7.5.51. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ECDSA Signature Handler. Performing a manipulation results in timing discrepancy. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-22340. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Details
A vulnerability was found in IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture and 4769 Developers Toolkit up to 7.5.51. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component ECDSA Signature Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a timing discrepancy vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-208. Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture 7.0.0 through 7.5.51 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information during the creation of ECDSA signatures to perform a timing-based attack.
The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-22340 since 01/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
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Version
- 7.5.0
- 7.5.1
- 7.5.2
- 7.5.3
- 7.5.4
- 7.5.5
- 7.5.6
- 7.5.7
- 7.5.8
- 7.5.9
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- 7.5.11
- 7.5.12
- 7.5.13
- 7.5.14
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- 7.5.24
- 7.5.25
- 7.5.26
- 7.5.27
- 7.5.28
- 7.5.29
- 7.5.30
- 7.5.31
- 7.5.32
- 7.5.33
- 7.5.34
- 7.5.35
- 7.5.36
- 7.5.37
- 7.5.38
- 7.5.39
- 7.5.40
- 7.5.41
- 7.5.42
- 7.5.43
- 7.5.44
- 7.5.45
- 7.5.46
- 7.5.47
- 7.5.48
- 7.5.49
- 7.5.50
- 7.5.51
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Timing discrepancyCWE: CWE-208 / CWE-203 / CWE-200
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/09/2024 CVE reserved03/11/2025 Advisory disclosed
03/11/2025 VulDB entry created
07/25/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-22340 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22340
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299157
Entry
Created: 03/11/2025 06:15 AMUpdated: 07/25/2025 08:25 PM
Changes: 03/11/2025 06:15 AM (63), 07/25/2025 08:25 PM (1)
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