Vulnerability in Gnupg Libgcrypt

CVE-2018-0495

Libgcrypt before 1.7.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures that can be mitigated through the use of blinding during the signing process in the _gcry_ecc_ecdsa_sign function in cipher/ecc-ec…

EPSS: 0.009 (55.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0495?
CVE-2018-0495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnupg Libgcrypt, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-0495?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-0495 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.