CVE-2020-16150

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A Lucky 13 timing side channel in mbedtls_ssl_decrypt_buf in library/ssl_msg.c in Trusted Firmware Mbed TLS through 2.23.0 allows an attacker to recover secret key information. This affects CBC mode because of a computed time difference based on a padding length.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16150

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.25.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.16.9-0.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.16.9-0.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.16.9-0.1
debian debiansidfixed2.16.9-0.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.16.9-0.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.