Vulnerability in Golang Go
CVE-2017-8932
A bug in the standard library ScalarMult implementation of curve P-256 for amd64 architectures in Go before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 causes incorrect results to be generated for specific input points. An adaptive attack can be mounted…
EPSS: 0.015 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Golang Go — versions 1.8, 1.8.1
- Novell Suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise — versions 12
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 25
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8932?
- CVE-2017-8932 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Incorrect Calculation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-8932?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-8932 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.