Riskcovery

CVE-2021-42023

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 14, 2021
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Oct 6, 2021

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in ModelSim Simulation (All versions), Questa Simulation (All versions). The RSA white-box implementation in affected applications insufficiently protects the built-in private keys that are required to decrypt electronic intellectual property (IP) data in accordance with the IEEE 1735 recommended practice. This could allow a sophisticated attacker to discover the keys, bypassing the protection intended by the IEEE 1735 recommended practice.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ModelSim SimulationSiemens
  • All versionsAffected
Questa SimulationSiemens
  • All versionsAffected

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