CWE-1279 (Cryptographic Operations are run Before Supporting Units are Ready) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
Performing cryptographic operations without ensuring that the supporting inputs are ready to supply valid data may compromise the cryptographic result.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | Verilog | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | VHDL | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| operating_system | — | Not OS-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| architecture | — | Not Architecture-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| technology | Processor Hardware | — | Undetermined | — |
| technology | — | Not Technology-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-29779 | 2025-03-14 | Post-Quantum Secure Feldman's Verifiable Secret Sharing provides a Python implementation of Feldman's Verifiable Secret Sharing (VSS) scheme. In versions 0.8.0b2 and prior, the `secure_redundant_execu… |
| CVE-2024-22473 | 2024-02-21 | TRNG is used before initialization by ECDSA signing driver when exiting EM2/EM3 on Virtual Secure Vault (VSE) devices. This defect may allow Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation.This issue affects Gec… |
| CVE-2023-4489 | 2023-12-14 | The first S0 encryption key is generated with an uninitialized PRNG in Z/IP Gateway products running Silicon Labs Z/IP Gateway SDK v7.18.3 and earlier. This makes the first S0 key generated at startup… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-20 | CWE Content Team | 4.2 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Maintenance_Notes, Modes_of_Introduction, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Related_Attack_Patterns |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Maintenance_Notes |
| 2022-04-28 | CWE Content Team | 4.7 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms |
| 2022-06-28 | CWE Content Team | 4.8 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms |
| 2022-10-13 | CWE Content Team | 4.9 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2023-10-26 | CWE Content Team | 4.13 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2025-04-03 | CWE Content Team | 4.17 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Weakness_Ordinalities |