CVE-2018-10846

Name: CVE-2018-10846
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2018-08-22T13:29:00.627+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.6/10EPSS 0.39%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-10846 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.6/10 on the CVSS scale. A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets.. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.6/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Probability

0.39%

30.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Gnutls	< 3.6.12
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Desktop	7.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server	7.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Workstation	7.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.10
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	19.04
Fedoraproject	Fedora	31
Fedoraproject	Fedora	32
Debian	Debian Linux	8.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3050Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10846Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/747Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/merge_requests/657Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3050Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10846Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/747Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/merge_requests/657Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 22, 2018
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-10846?

How severe is CVE-2018-10846?

CVE-2018-10846 has a CVSS score of 5.6/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10846?

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Source: NVD / NIST