Vulnerability in Nettle Project
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 vectors.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nettle Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.10
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00100.html (vendor-advisory)
- blog.fuzzing-project.org/38-Miscomputations-of-elliptic-curve-scalar-multiplica…
- git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/fa269b6ad06dd13c901dbd84a12e52b918a09cd7 (Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00093.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.lysator.liu.se/pipermail/nettle-bugs/2015/003024.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2897-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00091.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/2 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-01/msg00006.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8804?
- CVE-2015-8804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nettle Project, 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.