CVE-2022-46392

Published Dec 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.3.0. An adversary with access to precise enough information about memory accesses (typically, an untrusted operating system attacking a secure enclave) can recover an RSA private key after observing the victim performing a single private-key operation, if the window size (MBEDTLS_MPI_WINDOW_SIZE) used for the exponentiation is 3 or smaller.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4236-1 mbedtls security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49201 An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.3.0. An adversary with access to precise enough information about memory accesses (typically, an untrusted operating system attacking a secure enclave) can recover an RSA private key after observing the victim performing a single private-key operation, if the window size (MBEDTLS_MPI_WINDOW_SIZE) used for the exponentiation is 3 or smaller.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware mbed Tls
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:trustedfirmware:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware mbed Tls
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2025, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 15, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:11 AM