CVE-2013-7373

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-7373
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-29 20:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAndroid 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 1.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.5 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2 rev1 All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3 rev1 All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.5 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.7 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSL PRNG is not (really) fork-safe - Martin Boßlet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 emboss.github.io
'recycled pids causes PRNG to repeat' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Some SecureRandom Thoughts | Android Developers Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 android-developers.blogspot.com.au
hackerforhire comments on Due to a serious Encryption(RNG) flaw in Android, all users of Android-based bitcoin wallets must take immediate action. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.reddit.com
'Re: recycled pids causes PRNG to repeat' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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