CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-11043

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Apr 07, 2020 | Modified: Apr 07, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. The S/MIME implementation in EAS uses DES (where 3DES is intended). The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5871 (June 2016).

Weakness

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References