CVE-2015-8618

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8618
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-27 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Golang Go 1.5 All All All
Application Golang Go 1.5.1 All All All
Application Golang Go 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request for math/big.Exp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for math/big.Exp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Google Grupper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
oss-security - [security] Go security release v1.5.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: golang-1.5.3-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
math/big: incorrect result from Exp on 386 architecture · Issue #13515 · golang/go · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: golang-1.5.3-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 go-review.googlesource.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1331-1: moderate: Security update for go af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Google Grupper MITRE groups.google.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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