CVE-2015-8618

7.5 HIGH

Published: January 27, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The 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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175642.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176179.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/13515

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/17672/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/MEATuOi_ei4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175642.html