Vulnerability in Nettle_project Nettle
CVE-2015-8804
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vec…
EPSS: 0.039 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nettle_project Nettle
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 15.10
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8804?
- CVE-2015-8804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nettle_project Nettle, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-23.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8804?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.