CVE-2018-0733 Details
Because of an implementation bug the PA-RISC CRYPTO_memcmp function is effectively reduced to only comparing the least significant bit of each byte. This allows an attacker to forge messages that would be considered as authenticated in an amount of tries lower than that guaranteed by the security claims of the scheme. The module can only be compiled by the HP-UX assembler, so that only HP-UX PA-RISC targets are affected. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0h (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0g).
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-0733
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
2.72 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (85th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2018-0733
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
5.9 Medium
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CVE-2018-0733 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 233 22.45%
CN 100 9.63%
DE 52 5.01%
JP 46 4.43%
IN 45 4.34%
ZA 41 3.95%
FR 41 3.95%
KR 35 3.37%
ES 35 3.37%
ID 28 2.70%

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CVE-2018-0733 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 394 61.37%
Telecommunications 187 29.13%
Government/Politics 15 2.34%
Education 9 1.40%
Business Services 7 1.09%
Manufacturing 7 1.09%
Healthcare/Wellness 3 0.47%
Utilities 3 0.47%
Energy/Resources 3 0.47%
Finance 2 0.31%

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