CVE-2021-3990 (GCVE-0-2021-3990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-01 10:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
Title
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in star7th/showdoc
Summary
showdoc is vulnerable to Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
star7th star7th/showdoc Affected: unspecified , < 2.9.13 (custom)
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