CVE-2013-7373

2022-10-0316:14:53

mitre

www.cve.org

android

openssl

prng

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

66.0%

JSON

Android before 4.4 does not properly arrange for seeding of the OpenSSL PRNG, which makes it easier for attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the PRNG within multiple applications.

References

android-developers.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html

emboss.github.io/blog/2013/08/21/openssl-prng-is-not-really-fork-safe/

marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130289811108150&w=2

marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130298304903422&w=2

www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1k6f03/due_to_a_serious_encryptionrng_flaw_in_android/cblvum5