CVE-2014-125055

Passphrase inference via variable-time comparison

Published Jan 7, 2023 · Updated Aug 6, 2024

Observable timing discrepancy in agnivade Easy Scrypt before 1.0.0 allows attackers to infer passphrase data via repeated verification. VerifyPassphrase compares the derived master key and integrity hash with bytes.Equal, allowing comparison duration to vary with mismatching input. Reachability depends on a consuming application exposing repeated verification calls; the CNA assessment requires low privileges and adjacent access.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.71%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Observable timing discrepancy in agnivade Easy Scrypt before 1.0.0 allows attackers to infer passphrase data via repeated verification. VerifyPassphrase compares the derived master key and integrity hash with bytes.Equal, allowing comparison duration to vary with mismatching input. Reachability depends on a consuming application exposing repeated verification calls; the CNA assessment requires low privileges and adjacent access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2014-125055
Published
Jan 7, 2023
Updated
Aug 6, 2024
Vendor
agnivade
Product
Easy Scrypt
Classifications
CWE-208, T1110.001
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 7, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=n/a

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

agnivade · Easy Scryptversion=n/a

Published CVSS scores

1.4VulDBAV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
2.6VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-208Observable Timing Discrepancy
T1110.001Password Guessing

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